Quotes by Petrarch, Francesco

Man has no greater enemy than himself. >>

How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of i >>

To be able to say how much love, is love but little. >>

Quotations about Merit

It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. >>

What is merit? The opinion one man entertains of another. >>

Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul. >>

It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other.

Petrarch, Francesco