Torquato Tasso Quotes

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Thus passeth, in the passing of a day,
The flower and verdure of this life of ours,
Nor because April cometh back, and May,
Shall life put forth again her buds and flowers.

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'Tis time to labour while the sun doth shine,
But in the night hath every creature peace.

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Though in the grave my body buried lies,
Still fiercer foeman shall my spirit rise.

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Love in the end grows old,
Without these arts, and spiritless and slow,
Like courser that ne'er shows his highest speed,
Unless some rival follow or precede.

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He, full of bashfulness and truth, loved much, hoped little, and desired naught.

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Her bearing proud, that speaks the royal line
Of ancestors, no sordid garb can mask;
And aye the queenly majesty doth shine
Through the performance of her humble task.

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So when the draught we give to the sick child,
The vessel's edge we touch with syrup sweet;
Cheated, he swift drinks down the bitter brew,
And from the cheat receives his life anew.

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Lovers she hated, though she loved their love.

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We die, yet should not envy those that live;
We die, yet should we not die unavenged.

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I sing of pious arms and the captain
who liberated the great sepulchre of Christ.

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If thou art abject slave, thy servile state
Is justice and not wrong: curse not thy fate.

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The path of honor is, too, safety's path.

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Better defense than shield or breastplate, is holy innocence to the naked breast!

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The less she's seen, the more we think her fair.

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Whoso shall climb by paths too steep and high
He findeth precipices ever nigh.

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As shaking terrors from his blazing hair, a sanguine comet gleams through dusky air.

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Thy fame has reached its height, and from this hour
'Tis fitting thou shouldst shun all doubtful war;
For conquering thou but addest to thy power,
Nor is thy glory greater than before,
While, if thou own'st defeat, thy foes devour
Thy empire, and lost honor thou'lt deplore.

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