Death is an evil; the gods have so judged; had it been good, they would die.
SAPPHOBeauty endures only for as long as it can be seen; goodness, beautiful today, will remain so tomorrow.
More Sappho Quotes
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Love, like a mountain-wind upon an oak, falling upon me, shakes me leaf and bough.
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Once again love drives me on, that loosener of limbs, bittersweet creature against which nothing can be done.
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For some the fairest thing on the dark earth is Thermopylae, And the Spartan phalanx lowering lances to die.
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Experience shows us Wealth unchaperoned by Virtue is never an innocuous neighbor.
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Mere air, these words, but delicious to hear.
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Love shook my heart/ Like the wind on the mountain/ Troubling the oak-trees.
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From all the offspring of the earth and heaven love is the most precious.
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Now the Earth with many flowers puts on her spring embroidery.
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The evening star Is the most beautiful of all stars.
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Love – bittersweet, irrepressible – loosens my limbs and I tremble.
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In gold sandals / dawn like a thief / fell upon me.
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Love is a cunning weaver of fantasies and fables.
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There is no place for grief in a house which serves the Muse.
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Whatever one loves most is beautiful.
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Beauty endures only for as long as it can be seen; goodness, beautiful today, will remain so tomorrow.
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