This mortal life is like a meadow where the serpent lies am… - Petrarch

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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.

Petrarch

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About Petrarch

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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Man has no greater enemy than himself. I have acted contrary to my sentiments and inclination; throughout our whole lives we do what we never intended, and what we proposed to do, we leave undone.

Vero è 'l proverbio, ch'altri cangia il pelo
anzi che 'l vezzo.

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.

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