Petrarch Quotes


Continued work and application form my soul's nourishment. So soon as I commenced to rest and relax I should cease to live.


Citations

Petrarch, Francesco. Petrarch: The First Modern Scholar and Man of Letters. Translated by James Harvey Robinson and Henry Winchester Rolfe, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1898, p. 164.

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Petrarch
  • Born: July 20, 1304
  • Died: July 19, 1374
  • Nationality: Aretine
  • Profession: Scholar, Poet

Francesco Petrarca, commonly anglicized as Petrarch (/ˈpiːtrɑːrk, ˈpɛt-/), was a scholar and poet of early Renaissance Italy, and one of the earliest humanists.