loving friendship is able to endure everything; it refuses no burden.
Francesco Petrarca Quotes
The aged love what is practical while impetuous youth longs only for what is dazzling.
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| Birth: | 20th July, 1304 |
| Death: | 1374 |
| Nationality: | Italian |
| Profession: | Poet, Scholar |
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Francesco Petrarca was born in Arezzo, Italy. He was a poet and scholar whose humanist philosophy set the stage for the Renaissance. He is also considered one of the fathers of the modern Italian language. Petrarch's writing includes well-known odes to Laura, his idealized love.
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