Peace I do not find, and I have no wish to make war; and I fear and hope, and burn and am of ice.
Quotes from Il Canzoniere — Petrarch
1304–1374 Italy
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Understand me who can, for I understand myself.
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There is nothing in the world that cannot be done by verses.
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Truly, we are dust and shadow; truly, desire is blind and greedy; truly, hope deceives.
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He knows that I am speaking the truth, for no worm ever gnawed old wood.
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Ah new people, haughty beyond measure, irreverent to so great a mother!
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I am speaking to tell the truth, not from hatred or scorn of anyone.
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Before the day of his last departure no man is to be called happy.
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The proverb "Love him who loves you" is an ancient fact.
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For he makes a good end who dies loving well.
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For no human defense avails against Heaven.
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Love governs his empire without a sword.
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For your lovely eyes, Lady, bound me.
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True is the proverb, one's hair will change before one's habits.
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Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Petrarch (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.