Fortune rarely accompanies anyone to the door.
TORQUATO TASSOThe day of fortune is like a harvest day, We must be busy when the corn is ripe.
More Torquato Tasso Quotes
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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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A friend giveth sympathy in trouble.
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Not for no cold did freeze, Nor any cloud beguile Th’eternal flowering spring
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For when last need to desperation driveth, Who dareth most he wiseth counsel giveth.
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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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Love is when he gives you a piece of your soul, that you never knew was missing.
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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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Horror itself in that fair scene looks gay, And joy springs up e’en in the midst of fear.
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Then amongst flowers and springs, Making delightful sport, Sat lovers without conflict, without flame
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He, full of bashfulness and truth, loved much, hoped little, and desired naught.
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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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Any time not spent on love is wasted.
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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.
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Virtue’s guard is labor; ease, her sleep.
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As shaking terrors from his blazing hair, a sanguine comet gleams through dusky air.
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