“Books have led some to learning and others to madness.”
— Petrarch
Author: Petrarch
Category: learning
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Five enemies of peace inhabit with us
“Five enemies of peace inhabit with us – avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.”
— Petrarch
Author: Petrarch
Category: peace
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Five enemies of peace inhabit with us
“Five enemies of peace inhabit with us – avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.”
— Petrarch
Author: Petrarch
Category: anger
Tags: anger, Petrarch
Suspicion is the cancer of friendship.
“Suspicion is the cancer of friendship.”
— Petrarch
Author: Petrarch
Category: friendship
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Do you suppose there is any living
“Do you suppose there is any living man so unreasonable that if he found himself stricken with a dangerous ailment he would not anxiously desire to regain the blessing of health?”
— Petrarch
Author: Petrarch
Category: health
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Rarely do great beauty and great virtue
“Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.”
— Petrarch
Author: Petrarch
Category: beauty
Tags: beauty, Petrarch