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Torquato Tasso24 quotes“Virtue’s guard is labor; ease, her sleep.”
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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.
Torquato TassoTorquato Tasso 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.
Torquato TassoTorquato Tasso Then amongst flowers and springs, Making delightful sport, Sat lovers without conflict, without flame
Torquato TassoTorquato Tasso He, full of bashfulness and truth, loved much, hoped little, and desired naught.
Torquato TassoTorquato Tasso The day of fortune is like a harvest day, We must be busy when the corn is ripe.
Torquato TassoTorquato Tasso O happy, golden age! Not for that rivers ran With streams of milk, and honey dropped from trees.
Torquato TassoTorquato Tasso Love is when he gives you a piece of your soul, that you never knew was missing.
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How strange that our hearts heal from the same thing that broke it -love.
Cailin HargreavesCailin Hargreaves The peak of intensity is numbness not emotionless.
Anamika GargAnamika Garg She is everything and nothing at all.
Ava NicoleAva Nicole She built her castle at rock bottom.
Harriet SelinaHarriet Selina Keep growing into yourself.
Sophia JoanSophia Joan They tell you to be grateful for what you have. But you are also allowed to be sad for what you have lost.
Sabina LauraSabina Laura what the sky is to a bird is like a dream for a dreamer.
Safna SulaimanSafna Sulaiman The Red Rose on my grave shows once I was in love.
Moses AlexanderMoses Alexander
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More on guard
You can play fast but not in a hurry. As a point guard, I can dictate that.
Stephen CurryStephen Curry Ever since intelligent beings began to be in contact, and consequently in friction, they have felt the need to guard themselves against each other’s encroachments.
Pierre Teilhard de ChardinPierre Teilhard de Chardin I expected to be a pretty good NBA point guard and hopefully win a championship. But MVP and all this stuff? Not really.
Stephen CurryStephen Curry I wasn’t a point guard. I was a killer.
Allen IversonAllen Iverson For among other evils caused by being disarmed, it renders you contemptible; which is one of those disgraceful things which a prince must guard against.
Niccolo MachiavelliNiccolo Machiavelli Keep it, guard it, care for it, for it keeps men, guards men, cares for men. Destroy it and man is destroyed.
Alan PatonAlan Paton If we judged everybody by the stupid, unguarded things they blurt out to their nearest and dearest, then we wouldn’t ever get anywhere.
Boris JohnsonBoris Johnson I did join the Revolutionary Guard, but I was simply a simple Revolutionary Guard, never a commander.
Akbar GanjiAkbar Ganji