Creative Quotations from . . .
Francesco Petrarch
(1304-1374) born on Jul 20
Italian poet. "His "Petrarchan" sonnets of idealized love served as a model for Italian literature for three centuries."
 
   
F
Who naught suspects is easily deceived.

R
The aged love what is practical while impetuous youth longs only for what is dazzling.
A
A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
N
Who overrefines his argument brings himself to grief.
K
How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "In "The Manager's Book of Quotations," by Lewis D. Eigen and Jonathan P. Siegel, 1989."
R: "In "The International Thesaurus of Quotations," by Rhoda Thomas Tripp, 1995."
A: "In "Dictionary of Quotations," by Bergen Evans, 1968."
N: "In "Shorter Bartlett's Familiar Quotations," by John Bartlett, 1937, 1980, 1992."
K: "In "The International Thesaurus of Quotations," by Rhoda Thomas Tripp, 1995."



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