It is better to will the good than to know the truth. - Petrarch

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It is better to will the good than to know the truth.

Petrarch

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Francesco Petrarca (or Petrarch) (July 20, 1304 – July 19, 1374) was an Italian scholar, poet, and early humanist. Petrarch and Dante are considered the fathers of the Renaissance.

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Alternative Names: Francesco Petrarca • Peetrarque • Petrarque • Francesco Peetrarque • Francesco Petrarch • Francis Petrarch • Petrarca

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Dante Alighieri Rabindranath Tagore Marguerite Yourcenar William Shakespeare Alexander Pushkin

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...never would I trade for some new shape
that laurel I was first, in whose sweet shade
all other pleasures vanish in my heart.

Questa vita terrena è quasi un prato,
che 'l serpente tra' fiori et l'erba giace;
et s'alcuna sua vista agli occhi piace,
è per lassar piú l'animo invescato.

Sono posseduto da una passione inesauribile che finora non ho potuto né voluto frenare. Non riesco a saziarmi di libri.

It is better to will the good than to know the truth. - Petrarch

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