He who is fair to look upon is good, and he who is good will soon be fair also.
SAPPHODeath is an ill; ’tis thus the Gods decide: / For had death been a boon, the Gods had died.
More Sappho Quotes
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The moon is setand the Pleiades; Middle ofthe night, time passes by,I lie alone.
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Eros seizes and shakes my very soul like the wind on the mountain shaking ancient oaks.
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In gold sandals / dawn like a thief / fell upon me.
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I do not know what to do, my mind’s in two.
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The moon has set, and the Pleiades; it is midnight, and time passes, and I sleep alone.
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With his venom irresistible and bittersweet that loosener of limbs, Love reptile-like strikes me down
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If you are squeamish Don’t prod the beach rubble.
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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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Death must be an evil and the gods agree; for why else would they live for ever?
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Eros harrows my heart: wild gales sweeping desolate mountains, uprooting oaks.
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Someone, I tell you, in another time will remember us.
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Whatever one loves most is beautiful.
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Although only breath, words which I command are immortal.
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Love is a cunning weaver of fantasies and fables.
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Builders, raise the ceiling high, Raise the dome into the sky, Hear the wedding song! For the happy groom is near, Tall as Mars, and statelier, Hear the wedding song!
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