83 quotes
For he makes a good end who dies loving well.
Il Canzoniere (1351)
For no human defense avails against Heaven.
Il Canzoniere (1351)
Love governs his empire without a sword.
Il Canzoniere (1351)
To-day I made the ascent of the highest mountain in this region, which is not improperly called Ventosum. My only motive was the wish to see what so great an elevation had to offer.
I couldn’t face making a merchandise of my mind.
Rerum familiarum libri (1359)
For your lovely eyes, Lady, bound me.
Il Canzoniere (1351)
With Death at my side I seek new counsel for my life, and I see the better but I lay hold on the worse.
Il Canzoniere (1351)
You, therefore, if you seek ever to have quiet minds before the last day, follow the few and not the crowd.
Il Canzoniere (1351)
It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other.
De vita solitaria (1346)
But still I cannot seek paths so harsh or so savage that Love does not always come along discoursing with me and I with him.
Il Canzoniere (1351)
True is the proverb, one's hair will change before one's habits.
Il Canzoniere (1351)
He who can say how he burns is in but a little fire.
Il Canzoniere (1351)
A thing seems a great marvel but then is despised.
Il Canzoniere (1351)
Oh how easy it is to deceive one who is confident!
Il Canzoniere (1351)
Nor do I care about the mob or about Fortune.
Il Canzoniere (1351)
Cities are hateful to me, friendly the woods.
Il Canzoniere (1351)
My soul has rest, sweet sigh! alone in thee.
Books have led some to learning and others to madness, when they swallow more than they can digest.
Lifetime Speaker's Encyclopedia (1962)
Who overrefines his argument brings himself to grief.
Il Canzoniere (1351)
Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Inspirational Quotes (2005)