Marianna

“And what is the use of knowing many things if, when you have learned the dimensions of heaven and earth, the measure of the seas, the courses of stars, the virtues of plants and stones, the secrets of nature, you still don’t know yourself?”
― Francesco Petrarca

“I cannot have a sufficiency of books. Indeed, I have more than I should... Books give utter delight: they talk with us... and are bound to us by lively and witty intimacy, and do not just insinuate themselves alone on their readers but present the names of others, and each one creates a longing for another.”
― Francesco Petrarca, Selected Letters, Volume 1

“Seriousness shows itself more majestically when laughter leads the way.”
― Heinrich Heine

“I have to thank you...because you have so often helped me forget the evils of today.”
― Francesco Petrarch