Torquato Tasso on grave
Torquato Tasso24 quotes“Grave was the man in years, in looks, in word, his locks were grey, yet was his courage green.”
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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 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.
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Take away love and our earth is a tomb.
Robert BrowningRobert Browning The only people who don’t have problems are in a cemetery.
Norman Vincent PealeNorman Vincent Peale All men are free and equal in the grave, if it comes to that.
Harriet Beecher StoweHarriet Beecher Stowe Do not bring flowers to my grave. Bring them to someone who is yet alive.
Ullie KayeUllie Kaye The words ‘Here you can find perfect peace’ can be written only over the gates of a cemetery.
Gottfried Wilhelm LeibnizGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Politics in any country in the world is dangerous. For the poet, politics in any country had better be disguised as poetry. Politics can be the graveyard of the poet. And only poetry can be his resurrection.
Langston HughesLangston Hughes Peace We passed their graves: The dead men there, Winners or losers, Did not care. In the dark They could not see Who had gained The victory.
Langston HughesLangston Hughes Politics can be the graveyard of the poet. And only poetry can be his resurrection.
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