Death is an evil; the gods have so judged; had it been good, they would die.
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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Without warning as a whirlwind swoops on an oak Love shakes my heart.
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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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What cannot be said will be wept.
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The evening star Is the most beautiful of all stars.
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Hesperus bringing together All that the morning star scattered.
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You may forget but let me tell you this: someone in some future time will think of us.
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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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Whatever one loves most is beautiful.
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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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How love the limb-loosener sweeps me away.
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Love shook my heart/ Like the wind on the mountain/ Troubling the oak-trees.
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Someone, I tell you, in another time will remember us.
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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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There is no place for grief in a house which serves the Muse.
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