“There is nothing in the world that cannot be done by verses.”

— Francesco Petrarca , Il Canzoniere

Nulla al mondo è che non possano i versi.
Canzone 239, st. 5
Il Canzoniere (c. 1351–1353), To Laura in Life

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Nulla al mondo è che non possano i versi.

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

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Italian scholar and poet 1304–1374

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