“Because life is short and my wit is afraid of the high undertaking, in neither do I have much confidence.”

— Francesco Petrarca, Il Canzoniere

Perché la vita è breve,
et l'ingegno paventa a l'alta impresa,
né di lui né di lei molto mi fido.
Canzone 71, st. 1
Il Canzoniere (c. 1351–1353), To Laura in Life

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