“Truly, we are dust and shadow; truly, desire is blind and greedy; truly, hope deceives.”

— Francesco Petrarca, Il Canzoniere

Veramente siam noi polvere et ombra,
veramente la voglia cieca e 'ngorda,
veramente fallace è la speranza.
Canzone 294, st. 4
Il Canzoniere (c. 1351–1353), To Laura in Death

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Italian scholar and poet 1304–1374

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