I know not what to do, my mind is divided.
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I would not think to touch the sky with two arms
SapphoSappho 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.
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What makes the Kingdom come is heartfelt compassion: a way of tenderness that knows no frontiers, no labels, no compartmentalizing, and no sectarian divisions.
Brennan ManningBrennan Manning Arab sovereignty in Jerusalem just cannot be. This city will not be divided – not half and half, not 60-40, not 75-25, nothing.
Golda MeirGolda Meir O God of earth and altar, Bow down and hear our cry, Our earthly rulers falter, Our people drift and die; The walls of gold entomb us, The swords of scorn divide, Take not thy thunder from us, But take away our pride.
G. K. ChestertonG. K. Chesterton I went to business school, and I went straight from that to a nine-year career at Microsoft. Eventually, I ran a big chunk of the consumer products division for Microsoft.Then I left with the birth of our first daughter because Bill and I both wanted to have a few kids.
Melinda GatesMelinda Gates I never yet have known the Spirit of God to work where the Lord’s people were divided.
Dwight L. MoodyDwight L. Moody The mind defines, decides, doubts and divides – only the heart truly binds.
Rasheed OgunlaruRasheed Ogunlaru We have to be vigilant about how the Trump administration may try to divide us from each other.
George TakeiGeorge Takei For the first few years we paid all the bills first and divided what was left as salary. Sometimes that was $50 a week.
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