Quotes & Sayings About Francesco Petrarch

When I notice a rear wheel overtaking me, I know I'm sitting in a Lotus. — Graham Hill

[He who can describe how his heart is ablaze is burning on a small pyre] ~ Petrarch, Sonnet 137
(from Montaigne, On sadness) — Francesco Petrarca

Laura, illustrious through her own virtues, and long famed through my verses, first appeared to my eyes in my youth, in the year of our Lord 1327, on the sixth day of April, in the church of St. Clare in Avignon, at matins; and in the same city, also on the sixth day of April, at the same first hour, but in the year 1348, the light of her life was withdrawn from the light of day, while I, as it chanced, was in Verona, unaware of my fate ... — Francesco Petrarca

In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at. — Christian Nestell Bovee

She closed her eyes; and in the sweet slumber lying
her spirit tiptoed from its lodging place.
It's folly to shrink in fear, if this is dying;
for death looked lovely in her face. — Francesco Petrarca

When you see something wrong and fail to do anything about it, even in the smallest effort, you accept the wrong. — D'Andre Lampkin

I am motivated to write because it is what I am meant to do. It is not a choice - it is what I am. I did not choose writing - it chose me. And I believe it is necessarily that way. Anyone doing this for some other reason should not be. — Elizabeth Wurtzel

The only way to pass any test is to take the test. All tests on every level are always repeated one way or another until you pass. — Marlo Morgan

Perceptiveness was not a quality I encouraged in those I spent time with. — Julie Johnson