This quote is written / told by Petrarch between July 20, 1304 and July 19, 1374. He/she was a famous Poet from Italy.
The author also have 21 other quotes.
"To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization"
"Having soon discovered to be great, I must appear so, and therefore studiously avoided mixing in society, and wrapped myself in mystery, devoting my time to fasting and prayer"