Would Jove appoint some flower to reign, in matchless beauty on the plain, the Rose (mankind will all agree). The Rose the queen of flowers should be.
SAPPHOExperience shows us Wealth unchaperoned by Virtue is never an innocuous neighbor.
More Sappho Quotes
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The moon has set In a bank of jet That fringes the Western sky, The pleiads seven Have sunk from heaven And the midnight hurries by; My hopes are flown And, alas! alone On my weary couch I lie.
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Death is an evil; the gods have so judged; had it been good, they would die.
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Experience shows us Wealth unchaperoned by Virtue is never an innocuous neighbor.
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No honey for me, if it comes with a bee.
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In gold sandals / dawn like a thief / fell upon me.
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The evening star Is the most beautiful of all stars.
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Mere air, these words, but delicious to hear.
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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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Hesperus bringing together All that the morning star scattered.
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Without warning as a whirlwind swoops on an oak Love shakes my heart.
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I do not know what to do, my mind’s in two.
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From all the offspring of the earth and heaven love is the most precious.
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You may forget but let me tell you this: someone in some future time will think of us.
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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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