Sappho on fair
Sappho49 quotes“He who is fair to look upon is good, and he who is good will soon be fair also.”
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In gold sandals / dawn like a thief / fell upon me.
SapphoSappho What cannot be said will be wept.
SapphoSappho Someone, I tell you, in another time will remember us.
SapphoSappho Once again love drives me on, that loosener of limbs, bittersweet creature against which nothing can be done.
SapphoSappho Dancing up the full moon Round some fair new altar Trample the soft blossoms of fine grass.
SapphoSappho When anger spreads through the breath, guard thy tongue from barking idly.
SapphoSappho No honey for me, if it comes with a bee.
SapphoSappho Whatever one loves most is beautiful.
SapphoSappho For some the fairest thing on the dark earth is Thermopylae, And the Spartan phalanx lowering lances to die.
SapphoSappho All the while, believe me, I prayed our night would last twice as long.
SapphoSappho 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.
SapphoSappho If you are squeamish Don’t prod the beach rubble.
SapphoSappho I do not know what to do, my mind’s in two.
SapphoSappho I will let my body flow like water over the gentle cushions.
SapphoSappho Death is an ill; ’tis thus the Gods decide: / For had death been a boon, the Gods had died.
SapphoSappho I know not what to do, my mind is divided.
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Don’t compare her to sunshine and roses when she’s clearly orchids and moonlight.
Melody LeeMelody Lee Oh moonlight, continue to shine on me. As you light up the sky, maybe some peace will come to me.
ShamaShama Stop counting the reasons why they should be loved and start counting the many reasons why you are the one who is worth loving.
Ayaka HaseAyaka Hase Sure, there are oceans and seas and magnificent things – but none of them are you.
L.T. PhoenixL.T. Phoenix I wish you the wildest of dreams.
Kate WestKate West The way you look at me, The way you make me feel whole, The way you make me feel safe, thats poetry to me.
Barbara GianquittoBarbara Gianquitto You cannot leave and have me too I cannot exist in two places at once-when you ask if we can still be friends.
Rupi KaurRupi Kaur Live to be happy not to impress.
Hayley EvansHayley Evans
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Earn your success based on service to others, not at the expense of others.
H. Jackson Brown Jr.H. Jackson Brown Jr. There is no disease, bodily or mental, which adoption of vegetable diet, and pure water has not infallibly mitigated, wherever the experiment has been fairly tried.
Percy Bysshe ShelleyPercy Bysshe Shelley I’ve told you the four thunderstorms – disappointment, frustration, unfairness and isolation. You cannot avoid them, as like the monsoon they will come into your life at regular intervals. You just need to keep the raincoat handy to not let the spark die.
Chetan BhagatChetan Bhagat And Spring arose on the garden fair, Like the Spirit of Love felt everywhere; And each flower and herb on Earth’s dark breast rose from the dreams of its wintry rest.
Percy Bysshe ShelleyPercy Bysshe Shelley When you kill a man, you steal a life. You steal his wife’s right to a husband, rob his children of a father. When you tell a lie, you steal someone’s right to the truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness.
Khaled HosseiniKhaled Hosseini It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime.
Khaled HosseiniKhaled Hosseini Blemishes are hid by night and every fault forgiven; darkness makes any woman fair.
OvidOvid Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts.
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