“Five enemies of peace inhabit with us - avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.”

About Petrarch

Poet • Italian

Francesco Petrarca, known in English as Petrarch, was a seminal Italian scholar and poet during the early Renaissance. He is often called the 'Father of Humanism' for his rediscovery of Cicero's letters and his role in...