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Poggio Bracciolini
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“We are terrified of future catastrophes and are thrown into a continuous state of misery and anxiety, and for fear of becoming miserable, we never cease to be so, always panting for riches and never giving our souls or our bodies a moment’s peace. But those who are content with little live day by day and treat any day like a feast day.”
Poggio Bracciolini (1380–1459) first seen 1416 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter to Niccolò de' Niccoli, Baden, 18 May 1416 (tr. P. W. G. Gordan, 1974)
“I do not think of the priesthood as liberty, as many do, but as the most severe and oppressive form of service.”
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Recorded in: Letter to Niccolò de' Niccoli, London, 30 November 1421 (tr. P. W. G. Gordan, 1974)
“I am determined not to assume the sacerdotal office; for I have seen many men whom I have regarded as persons of good character and liberal dispositions, degenerate into avarice, sloth, and dissipation, in consequence of their introduction into the priesthood. — Fearing lest this should be the case with myself, I have resolved to spend the remaining term of my pilgrimage as a layman; for I have too frequently observed, that your brethren, at the time of their tonsure, not only part with their hair, but also with their conscience and their virtue.”
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Recorded in: Letter to Julian, Cardinal of St. Angelo, c. 1429 (tr. W. Shepherd, 1837)
“Every man waits his destined hour; even the cities are doomed to their fate. Let us spend our leisure with our books, which will take our minds off these troubles, and will teach us to despise what many people desire.”
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Recorded in: Letter to Niccolò de' Niccoli, Rome, 3 September 1430 (tr. P. W. G. Gordan, 1974)
“At the Roman Court good Fortune generally prevails, and there is but seldom room for talent or honesty; every thing is obtained through intrigue or luck, not to mention money, which seems to hold supreme sway all over the world.”
Poggio Bracciolini (1380–1459) said by 1459 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I think I should not omit to mention the place where most of the above tales were related, I might almost say, acted. That place is our Bugiale, a sort of laboratory for fibs.”
Poggio Bracciolini (1380–1459) said by 1459 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source