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A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
And tears are heard within the harp I touch.
Books have led some to learning and others to madness.
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?
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.... (more Petrarch quotes)
| Petrarchs Lyric Poems: The Rime Sparse and Other Lyrics by Francesco Petrarch and Robert M. Durling | |
| Italian Gardens: From Petrarch to Russell Page by Helena Attlee | |
| Petrarch: The Canzoniere, or Rerum vulgarium fragmenta by Mark Musa, Barbara Manfredi, and Francesco Petrarca |
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