Quotes by Francesco Petrarca

"Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together."
— Francesco Petrarca
"A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires."
— Francesco Petrarca
"I freeze and burn, love is bitter and sweet, my sighs are tempests and my tears are floods, I am in ecstasy and agony, I am possessed by memories of her and I am in exile from myself."
— Francesco Petrarca
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Francis Petrarch (/ˈpɛtrɑːrk, ˈpiːt-/; 20 July 1304 – 19 July 1374; Latin: Franciscus Petrarcha; modern Italian: Francesco Petrarca [franˈtʃesko peˈtrarka]), born Francesco di Petracco, was a scholar ...