Petrarch Quote

It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other.

De vita solitaria (1346) as quoted in Madalyn Aslan's Jupiter Signs: How to Improve Your Luck, Career, Health, Finances, Appearance, and Relationships Through the New Astrology (2003) by Madalyn Aslan