Trionfi Petrarca Quotes & Sayings

In the ancient world, taxes were paid in kind: landowners paid in crops or livestock; the landless paid with their labor. Taxing trade made medieval monarchs rich and funded the early-modern state. — Jill Lepore

The sacred lamp of day Now dipt in Western clouds his parting day. — William Falconer

To speak little is natural. Therefore a gale does not blow a whole morning nor does a downpour last a whole day. — Lao-Tzu

If technique is of no interest to a writer, I doubt that the writer is an artist. — Marianne Moore

I look up. Raffe and the others are frozen in the middle of their fight. Everyone is staring at us. A human girl. Killing a warrior angel. In a sword fight. Impossible. — Susan Ee

If a lighthouse looks like it's in a different place, it's not the lighthouse that's moved. — M.L. Stedman

If journalism is good, it is controversial, by its nature. — Julian Assange

I think the play on words for 'Punky' Brewster has definitely played itself out. — Jordana Brewster

I had no way to stop . I did not write Fahrenheit 451, it wrote me. — Ray Bradbury

I believe that we parents must encourage our children to become educated, so they can get into a good college that we cannot afford. — Dave Barry