“Love governs his empire without a sword.”

— Francesco Petrarca, Il Canzoniere

Amor regge suo imperio senza spada.
Canzone 105, st. 1
Il Canzoniere (c. 1351–1353), To Laura in Life

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Italian scholar and poet 1304–1374

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