"With what I was at first wasteful, then generous, I want to become considerate, stingy, stingy. Time teaches us, need haunts us, there is no room for jokes; believe me, they will crush and crush us in the midst of our labors, if we do not awake and resist: if we do not resist, with all the strength of our souls, we shall be destroyed.
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Author
Francesco PetrarcaAll Translations
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With what I was at first wasteful, then generous, I want to become considerate, stingy, stingy. Time teaches us, need haunts us, there is no room for jokes; believe me, they will crush and crush us in the midst of our labors, if we do not awake and resist: if we do not resist, with all the strength of our souls, we shall be destroyed.
""Cu ceea ce am fost la început risipitor, apoi generos, vreau să devin grijuliu, zgârcit, cărpănos. Timpul ne învață, nevoia ne hăituiește, nu e loc de glume; credeți-mă, ne vor sfărâma și ne vor zdrobi în toiul muncilor noastre, dacă nu ne trezim și nu opunem rezistență: dacă nu ne împotrivim, adunân-du-ne toate puterile sufletului, vom fi nimiciți."