Today I climbed the highest mountain in this region, which is not improperly called Ventosus (Windy). The only motive for my ascent was the wish to see what so great a height had to offer.

Altissimum regionis huius montem, quem non immerito Ventosum vocant, hodierno die, sola videndi insignem loco altitudinem cupiditate ductus, ascendi.

Petrarch

On Mont Ventoux in Provence, France.

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Topic

Climbing mountains Mountains Curiosity

Author

Petrarch

Source

Letters on Familiar Matters

Medium

Letter

Language

Latin

Time

1336 1330s 14th century

Era

European Renaissance

Occupation

Poet Scholar

From

Italy Europe

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Original Citation

Petrarch. Letter to Dionigi da Borgo San Sepolcro. c. 1336.

Current Citation

Petrarch. "To Dionigi da Borgo San Sepolcro of the Augustinian Order and Professor of Sacred Scripture, concerning some of his personal problems." Letters of Familiar Matters (Rerum Familiarum Libri), translated by Aldo Bernardo. Vol. 1, Italica Press, 2008.

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Thence we came forth to see the stars again.

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Language
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Time
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Era
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Original Citation

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Reputation is an idle and most false imposition, oft got without merit and lost without deserving.

William Shakespeare

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Author

William Shakespeare
Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Language
English
Time
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The traveler with nothing on him sings in the robber’s face.

Juvenal

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Juvenal
Source
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Medium
Poem
Statement Type
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Language
Latin
Time
2nd century
Era
Classical antiquity
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Juvenal. Satirae [Satires]. c. 127, satire 10.

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