The evening star Is the most beautiful of all stars.
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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I do not know what to do, my mind’s in two.
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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.
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Stand and face me, my love,and scatter the grace in your eyes.
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He who is fair to look upon is good, and he who is good will soon be fair also.
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Love – bittersweet, irrepressible – loosens my limbs and I tremble.
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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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Death must be an evil and the gods agree; for why else would they live for ever?
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Whatever one loves most is beautiful.
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Now the Earth with many flowers puts on her spring embroidery.
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Eros harrows my heart: wild gales sweeping desolate mountains, uprooting oaks.
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Although only breath, words which I command are immortal.
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Raise high the roof-beam, carpenters. Like Ares comes the bridegroom, taller far than a tall man.
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I took my lyre and said: come now, my heavenly tortoise shell: become a speaking instrument.
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All the while, believe me, I prayed our night would last twice as long.
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From all the offspring of the earth and heaven love is the most precious.
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