Cities are hateful to me, friendly the woods. - Petrarch

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Cities are hateful to me, friendly the woods.

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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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her ne kadar ruh, yaratılışının asilliğinden ötürü kendini gökyüzünden çalınmış gibi hissetse de aynı zamanda bedenin ağırlığı ve dünya nimetleri tarafından da yeryüzüne sürüklenmiştir. ve sizler gözlerinizi yere dikili tutarak göğe yükselmeyi arzularken, birinden diğerine itilmiş halde, ne göklere ne de yeryüzüne tam anlamıyla ait olamıyorsunuz.

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Having indeed seen so many things and considered so much, I have finally begun to understand how many are these desires with which the human species burns. Lest you consider me immune to all the sins of men, there is one implacable passion that holds me which so far I have been neither able nor willing to check, for I flatter myself that the desire for noble things is not dishonorable. Do you wish to hear the nature of this disease? I am unable to satisfy my thirst for books.

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