Petrarch, or Petrarca, (1304-1374) a poet, historian, and scholar, Petrarch was absorbed with the classics and introduced them to his contemporaries. He is seen as a forerunner of the Renaissance. He was a great letter writer, and wrote some odd letters to dead figures of the past. Here are some samples
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Articles about Francesco Petrarch or articles that mention Francesco Petrarch.
Here are a few random quotes by Francesco Petrarch.
See also: All Francesco Petrarch Quotes
It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other. Go to Quote / Comment
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. Go to Quote / Comment
How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance. Go to Quote / Comment
what a grudge I am bearing against Death, that is standing in her two eyes, and will not call me with a word. Go to Quote / Comment
Oh, may she deign to stand at my bedside When I come to die; and may she call to me And draw me to her in the blessed place! Go to Quote / Comment