“My Pandolfo, those works are frail in the long run, but our study is the one that makes men immortal through fame.”

Pandolfo mio, quest'opere son frali
da ll lungo andar, ma 'l nostro studio è quello
dche fa per fama gli uomini immortali.
Canzone 104, st. 4
Il Canzoniere (c. 1351–1353), To Laura in Life

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Pandolfo mio, quest'opere son frali da ll lungo andar, ma 'l nostro studio è quello dche fa per fama gli uomini immortali.

Il Canzoniere (c. 1351–1353), To Laura in Life

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Italian scholar and poet 1304–1374

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