Petrarch

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"Five enemies of peace inhabit with us - avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace."

— Petrarchanger

"Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together."

— Petrarchbeauty

"Suspicion is the cancer of friendship."

— Petrarchfriendship

"Do you suppose there is any living man so unreasonable that if he found himself stricken with a dangerous ailment he would not anxiously desire to regain the blessing of health?"

— Petrarchhealth

"Books have led some to learning and others to madness."

— Petrarchlearning

"Five enemies of peace inhabit with us - avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace."

— Petrarchpeace