Death is a sleep that ends our dreaming. Oh, that we may be… - Petrarch

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Death is a sleep that ends our dreaming. Oh, that we may be allowed to wake before death wakes us.

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

Le città son nemiche, amici i boschi.

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

Death is a sleep that ends our dreaming. Oh, that we may be allowed to wake before death wakes us. - Petrarch

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