He, full of bashfulness and truth, loved much, hoped little, and desired naught.
TORQUATO TASSOGrave was the man in years, in looks, in word, his locks were grey, yet was his courage green.
More Torquato Tasso Quotes
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Virtue’s guard is labor; ease, her sleep.
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The day of fortune is like a harvest day, We must be busy when the corn is ripe.
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A friend giveth sympathy in trouble.
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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.”
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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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As shaking terrors from his blazing hair, a sanguine comet gleams through dusky air.
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Fortune rarely accompanies anyone to the door.
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For when last need to desperation driveth, Who dareth most he wiseth counsel giveth.
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They make their fortune who are stout and wise, Wit rules the heavens, discretion guides the skies.
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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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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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Love is when you don’t have to be with another person to touch their heart!
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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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Not for no cold did freeze, Nor any cloud beguile Th’eternal flowering spring
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