Petrarch Quotes

Cities are hateful to me, friendly the woods.

It did not seem to me to be a time to guard myself
against Love's blows: so I went on
confident, unsuspecting; from that, my troubles
started, amongst the public sorrows

walk forwards in the radiance of the past

To begin with myself, then, the utterances of men concerning me will differ widely, since in passing judgment almost every one is influenced not so much by truth as by preference, and good and evil report alike know no bounds.

To be able to say how much you love is to love but little.

This mortal life is like a meadow where the serpent lies among the flowers and grass, and if anything we see there pleases our eyes, the result is to enlime our souls more deeply.

"Al' iako ja sam stvor sazdan od zemlje, uporna mi čežnja potječe sa zvijezda." VII

One goes many miles to be at ease.

Books have led some to learning and others to madness, when they swallow more than they can digest.

Altro diletto che imparar non provo.

Vinse Hanibàl, et non seppe usar poi
ben la vittoriosa sua ventura.

Pien d'un vago penser che me desvia
da tutti gli altri.

You, therefore, if you seek ever to have quiet minds before the last day, follow the few and not the crowd.

Inanzi al dí de l'ultima partita
huom beato chiamar non si convene.

böyle kaçarım ölümün vuruşlarından;
ama hızlı değil kaçışım, arzumun
benimle gelemeyeceği kadar, hep geldiği gibi
sessiz yürürüm, yoksa ölü sözler
ağlatır insanları, oysa ben
yalnız aksın isterim gözyaşlarım.