Petrarch Desire Quotations

Do you suppose there is any living man so unreasonable that if he found himself stricken with a dangerous ailment he would not anxiously desire to regain the blessing of health?

A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.

For though I am a body of this earth, my firm desire is born from the stars.

In my younger days I struggled constantly with an overwhelming but pure love affair - my only one, and I would have struggled with it longer had not premature death, bitter but salutary for me, extinguished the cooling flames. I certainly wish I could say that I have always been entirely free from desires of the flesh, but I would be lying if I did.

I desire that death find me ready and writing, or if it please Christ, praying and intears.