Best Petrarch Quotes petrarch quotes: 101. “How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!” — Petrarch 102. “I have taken pride in others, never in myself.” — Petrarch 103. “How quick the old woe follows a little bliss!” — Petrarch 104. “I rejoiced in my progress, mourned my weaknesses, and commiserated the universal instability of human conduct.” — Petrarch 105. “Wanting is not enough, long and you attain it.” — Petrarch 106. “I have friends whose society is delightful to me; they are persons of all countries and of all ages; distinguished in war, in council, and in letters; easy to live with, always at my command.” — Petrarch 107. “Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.” — Petrarch 108. “Often on earth the gentlest heart is fain To feed and banquet on another’s woe.” — Petrarch 109. “For death betimes is comfort, not dismay, and who can rightly die needs no delay.” — Petrarch 110. “What name to call thee by, O virgin fair, I know not, for thy looks are not of earth And more than mortal seems thy countenances.” — Petrarch 111. “For style beyond the genius never dares.” — Petrarch 112. “The end of doubt is the beginning of repose.” — Petrarch 113. “He loves but lightly who his love can tell.” — Petrarch 114. “I know and love the good, yet ah! the worst pursue.” — Petrarch 115. “Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief.” — Petrarch 116. “For virtue only finds eternal Fame.” — Petrarch
