Torquato Tasso
13 quotes
Biography
"Love is when he gives you a piece of your soul, that you never knew was missing."
"True love cannot be found where it does not exist, nor can it be denied where it does."
"Any time not spent on love is wasted."
"Perduto è tutto il tempo Che in amar non si spende."
"Canto l'arme pietose e 'l capitano che 'l gran sepolcro liberò di Cristo."
"Chi la pace non vuol, la guerra s' abbia."
"Dal sonno alla morte è un picciol varco."
"Fortune rarely accompanies anyone to the door."
"It is the fortunate who should extol fortune."
"The day of fortune is like a harvest day, We must be busy when the corn is ripe."
"The most excellent of modern poets, ... whom I reverence next to Virgil."
"No man in the world was ever born with a greater genius and more qualified for epic poetry."
"Grave was the man in years, in looks, in word, his locks were grey, yet was his courage green."