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 TASSOThen amongst flowers and springs, Making delightful sport, Sat lovers without conflict, without flame
More Torquato Tasso Quotes
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It is the fortunate who should extol fortune.
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Horror itself in that fair scene looks gay, And joy springs up e’en in the midst of fear.
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Love is when you don’t have to be with another person to touch their heart!
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None merits the name of Creator but God and the poet.
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Lost is the time that you don’t spend for love.
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True love cannot be found where it does not exist, nor can it be denied where it does.
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O happy, golden age! Not for that rivers ran With streams of milk, and honey dropped from trees.
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O subtle love! a thousand wiles thou hast, by humble suit, by service, or by hire, to win a maiden’s hold,–a thing soon done, for nature framed all women to be won.
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Grave was the man in years, in looks, in word, his locks were grey, yet was his courage green.
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Any time not spent on love is wasted.
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A friend giveth sympathy in trouble.
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For when last need to desperation driveth, Who dareth most he wiseth counsel giveth.
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A fool is he that comes to preach or prate, When men with swords their right and wrong debate.
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As shaking terrors from his blazing hair, a sanguine comet gleams through dusky air.
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Not for no cold did freeze, Nor any cloud beguile Th’eternal flowering spring
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