Death must be an evil and the gods agree; for why else would they live for ever?
SAPPHOSome say an army of horsemen, or infantry, A fleet of ships is the fairest thing On the face of the black earth, but I say It’s what one loves.
More Sappho Quotes
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From all the offspring of the earth and heaven love is the most precious.
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In gold sandals / dawn like a thief / fell upon me.
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Eros harrows my heart: wild gales sweeping desolate mountains, uprooting oaks.
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Some say an army of horsemen, or infantry, A fleet of ships is the fairest thing On the face of the black earth, but I say It’s what one loves.
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With his venom irresistible and bittersweet that loosener of limbs, Love reptile-like strikes me down
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I will let my body flow like water over the gentle cushions.
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Love – bittersweet, irrepressible – loosens my limbs and I tremble.
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May I write words more naked than flesh, stronger than bone, more resilient than sinew, sensitive than nerve.
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Although only breath, words which I command are immortal.
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Without warning as a whirlwind swoops on an oak Love shakes my heart.
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Now the Earth with many flowers puts on her spring embroidery.
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No honey for me, if it comes with a bee.
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Death is an ill; ’tis thus the Gods decide: / For had death been a boon, the Gods had died.
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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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