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Petrarch on Memorial Day

1304–1374 Italy

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Peace I do not find, and I have no wish to make war; and I fear and hope, and burn and am of ice.

Il Canzoniere (1351)

I am she who gave you so much war and completed my day before evening.

Il Canzoniere (1351)

For death betimes is comfort, not dismay,
And who can rightly die needs no delay.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Petrarch (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.