Francesco Petrarca
An Italian scholar and poet in Renaissance Italy, one of the earliest humanists.
Quotes by Francesco Petrarca
The greatest part of our misery is imaginary.
I have always loved solitude, and I have always found it to be a source of strength.
The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.
Nothing is more fleeting than the memory of benefits received.
The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.
He who is not afraid of death is not afraid of anything.
The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
I have a soul, and I have a body, and I am not sure which is more important.
The more you know, the more you realize you don't know.
The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.
I am a man, and nothing human is alien to me.
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
The only way to do great work is to love what you do.
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.