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Torquato Tasso24 quotes“Virtue’s guard is labor; ease, her sleep.”
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Horror itself in that fair scene looks gay, And joy springs up e’en in the midst of fear.
Torquato TassoTorquato Tasso Love is when you don’t have to be with another person to touch their heart!
Torquato TassoTorquato Tasso Fortune rarely accompanies anyone to the door.
Torquato TassoTorquato Tasso Women have tongues of craft, and hearts of guile, They will, they will not; fools that on them trust; For in their speech is death, hell in their smile.
Torquato TassoTorquato Tasso Any time not spent on love is wasted.
Torquato TassoTorquato Tasso For when last need to desperation driveth, Who dareth most he wiseth counsel giveth.
Torquato TassoTorquato Tasso Lost is the time that you don’t spend for love.
Torquato TassoTorquato Tasso Grave was the man in years, in looks, in word, his locks were grey, yet was his courage green.
Torquato TassoTorquato Tasso Perhaps if only once you did enjoy The thousandth part of all the happiness A heart beloved enjoys, returning love, Repentant, you would surely sighing say, “All time is truly lost and gone Which is not spent in serving love.”
Torquato TassoTorquato Tasso A friend giveth sympathy in trouble.
Torquato TassoTorquato Tasso A fool is he that comes to preach or prate, When men with swords their right and wrong debate.
Torquato TassoTorquato Tasso It is the fortunate who should extol fortune.
Torquato TassoTorquato Tasso Not for no cold did freeze, Nor any cloud beguile Th’eternal flowering spring
Torquato TassoTorquato Tasso They make their fortune who are stout and wise, Wit rules the heavens, discretion guides the skies.
Torquato TassoTorquato Tasso True love cannot be found where it does not exist, nor can it be denied where it does.
Torquato TassoTorquato Tasso None merits the name of Creator but God and the poet.
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We were dirt poor but we had each other. We didn’t need much to have a lot.
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Always show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling the empty places in someone else heart.
Alexander KandovAlexander Kandov One quick sip of your memory I let it slip, and I go on without you.
Emma SchippersEmma Schippers If the scars on my heart were visible to the naked eye, maybe you’d think twice about inflicting more.
Laura Natoli-KearneyLaura Natoli-Kearney I am getting better at forgetting you. I am slowly but steadily learning the art of forgetting you.
Juana GarciaJuana Garcia Paper and pen petrify me, for they pierce right through me, drawing deep blue blood, leaving me utterly cold.
Shreya JoshiShreya Joshi Spend time with people who get excited over even the smallest victories you earn.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis I wonder if you were the poison or the antidote.
Ginnie BaleGinnie Bale
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God guard me from those thoughts men think In the mind alone.
William Butler YeatsWilliam Butler Yeats Secrets of the past! Who does not wish to keep the past locked in a cage like a ferocious beast? The rich are sleepless for fear of thieves. The respectable have to guard their reputations in the same way.
Munshi PremchandMunshi Premchand I’m here today to warn you: I want you to watch out for the adversary. Guard yourself from any spirit of entitlement. Restrain any and all subtle temptation to gain attention or to find ways to promote yourself.
Charles R. SwindollCharles R. Swindoll I’m here today to warn you: I want you to watch out for the adversary. Guard yourself from any spirit of entitlement. Restrain any and all subtle temptation to gain attention or to find ways to promote yourself.
Charles R. SwindollCharles R. Swindoll Resentment seems to have been given us by nature for a defense, and for a defense only! It is the safeguard of justice and the security of innocence.
Adam SmithAdam Smith Allah guards the justice loving government, even if it is the government of non-Muslims, and destroys the tyrant government, even if it is the government of Muslims.
Ibn TaymiyyahIbn Taymiyyah America’s not the world’s policeman. Terrible things happen across the globe and it is beyond our means to right every wrong. But when, with modest effort and risk, we can stop children from being gassed to death and thereby make our own children safer over the long run, I believe we should act.
Rand PaulRand Paul When we put someone in our jail cell of hatred, we are stuck guarding the door.
Max LucadoMax Lucado
