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My Pandolfo, those works are frail in the long run, but our study is the one that makes men immortal through fame.

— Petrarch Il Canzoniere (1351)

Pandolfo mio, quest'opere son frali
da ll lungo andar, ma 'l nostro studio è quello
dche fa per fama gli uomini immortali.

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