Petrarch quotes
Petrarch was an Italian scholar, poet, and one of the earliest humanists of the Renaissance. His rediscovery of classical texts helped lay the foundations for the intellectual movement known as humanism. He is often called the "Father of Humanism" and greatly influenced later writers and thinkers. Here are 91 of his quotes:
There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen. Other pleasures fail us or wound us while they charm, but the pen we take up rejoicing and lay down with satisfaction, for it has the power to advantage not only its lord and master, but many others as well, even though they be far away - sometimes, indeed, though they be not born for thousands of years to come.
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