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De remediis utriusque fortunae

Francesco Petrarca Original title De remediis utriusque fortunae (Latin, 1360)

De remediis utriusque fortunae is a collection of 254 Latin dialogues written by the humanist Francesco Petrarca , commonly known as Petrarch.


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“Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.”

De remediis utriusque fortunae (1354), Book II

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