Petrarch Quotes

Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.

beauty virtue

Five great enemies to peace inhabit with us; avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride. If those enemies were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.

Five great enemies to peace inhabit with us: avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride. If those enemies were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.

inner peace