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Sappho quotes: To me the Muses truly gave / An envied and a happy lot: / E'en when I lie within the grave, / I cannot, shall not, be forgot. To me the Muses truly gave / An envied and a happy lot: / E'en when I lie within the grave, / I cannot, shall not, be forgot.
Sappho quotes: Raise high the roof beam, carpenters. Like Ares comes the bridegroom, taller far than a tall man. Raise high the roof beam, carpenters. Like Ares comes the bridegroom, taller far than a tall man.
Sappho quotes: Although only breath, words which I command are immortal. Although only breath, words which I command are immortal.
Sappho quotes: And a sweet expression spreads over her fair face. And a sweet expression spreads over her fair face.
Sappho quotes: What cannot be said will be wept. What cannot be said will be wept.
Sappho quotes: Death is an ill; 'tis thus the Gods decide: / For had death been a boon, the Gods had died. Death is an ill; 'tis thus the Gods decide: / For had death been a boon, the Gods had died.
Sappho quotes: In fact she herself once blamed meKyprogeneiabecause I prayed this word:I want. In fact she herself once blamed me
Kyprogeneia
because I prayed
this word:
I want.
Sappho quotes: Love shook my heart like a wind falling on oaks on a mountain. Love shook my heart like a wind falling on oaks
on a mountain.
Sappho quotes: Experience shows us Wealth unchaperoned by Virtue is never an innocuous neighbor. Experience shows us Wealth unchaperoned by Virtue is never an innocuous neighbor.
Sappho quotes: ]]you will remember]for we in our youthdid these thingsyes many and beautiful things] ]] ]
]you will remember
]for we in our youth
did these things

yes many and beautiful things
]
]
]
Sappho quotes: All the while, believe me, I prayed our night would last twice as long. All the while, believe me, I prayed our night would last twice as long.
Sappho quotes: Come to me now and loosen mefrom blunt agony. Laborand fill my heart with fire. Stand by meand be my ally. Come to me now and loosen me
from blunt agony. Labor
and fill my heart with fire. Stand by me
and be my ally.
Sappho quotes: I declareThat later on, Even in an age unlike our own,Someone will remember who we are. I declare
That later on,
Even in an age unlike our own,
Someone will remember who we are.
Sappho quotes: When they were tiredNight rained herthick dark sleepupon their eyes. When they were tired
Night rained her
thick dark sleep
upon their eyes.
Sappho quotes: From all the offspring of the earth and heaven love is the most precious. From all the offspring of the earth and heaven love is the most precious.
Sappho quotes: but if you love uschoose a younger bedfor I cannot bearto live with you when I am the older one but if you love us
choose a younger bed
for I cannot bear
to live with you when I am the older one
Sappho quotes: Without warning as a whirlwind swoops on an oak Love shakes my heart Without warning as a whirlwind swoops on an oak Love shakes my heart
Sappho quotes: The touched heart madly stirs,your laughter is water hurrying over pebbles - every gesture is a proclamation,every sound is speech ... The touched heart madly stirs,
your laughter is water hurrying over pebbles -
every gesture is a proclamation,
every sound is speech ...
Sappho quotes: Death must be an evil and the gods agree; for why else would they live for ever? Death must be an evil and the gods agree; for why else would they live for ever?
Sappho quotes: [I was dreaming of you but]just thenDawn, in her golden sandals [woke me] [I was dreaming of you but]
just then
Dawn, in her golden sandals
[woke me]
Sappho quotes: The gorgeous man presents a gorgeous view;The good man will in time be gorgeous, too. The gorgeous man presents a gorgeous view;
The good man will in time be gorgeous, too.
Sappho quotes: Stand and face me, my love,and scatter the grace in your eyes. Stand and face me, my love,
and scatter the grace in your eyes.
Sappho quotes: You may forget butlet me tell youthis: someone insome future timewill think of us You may forget but
let me tell you
this: someone in
some future time
will think of us
Sappho quotes: Love, like a mountain-wind upon an oak, falling upon me, shakes me leaf and bough. Love, like a mountain-wind upon an oak, falling upon me, shakes me leaf and bough.
Sappho quotes: Love - bittersweet, irrepressible - loosens my limbs and I tremble. Love - bittersweet, irrepressible - loosens my limbs and I tremble.
Sappho quotes: With his venom irresistible and bittersweet that loosener of limbs, Love reptile-like strikes me down With his venom irresistible and bittersweet that loosener of limbs, Love reptile-like strikes me down
Sappho quotes: Love is a cunning weaver of fantasies and fables. Love is a cunning weaver of fantasies and fables.
Sappho quotes: ...but I say whatever / one loves, is ...but I say whatever / one loves, is
Sappho quotes: Someone, I tell you, in another time will remember us. Someone, I tell you, in another time will remember us.
Sappho quotes: Now the Earth with many flowers puts on her spring embroidery Now the Earth with many flowers puts on her spring embroidery
Sappho quotes: Wealth without real worthinessIs no good for the neighbourhood;But their proper mixtureIs the summit of beatitude. Wealth without real worthiness
Is no good for the neighbourhood;
But their proper mixture
Is the summit of beatitude.
Sappho quotes: The Moon and Pleiades have set, / Midnight is nigh, / The time is passing, passing, yet / Alone I lie. The Moon and Pleiades have set, / Midnight is nigh, / The time is passing, passing, yet / Alone I lie.
Sappho quotes: The moon is setand the Pleiades; Middle ofthe night, time passes by,I lie alone. The moon is setand the Pleiades; Middle ofthe night, time passes by,I lie alone.
Sappho quotes: You will have memoriesBecause of what we did back thenWhen we were new at this,Yes, we did many things, then - allBeautiful ... You will have memories
Because of what we did back then
When we were new at this,
Yes, we did many things, then - all
Beautiful ...
Sappho quotes: Death is an evil; the gods have so judged; had it been good, they would die. Death is an evil; the gods have so judged; had it been good, they would die.
Sappho quotes: Hesperus bringing together All that the morning star scattered. Hesperus bringing together All that the morning star scattered.
Sappho quotes: for you beautiful ones my thoughtis not changeable for you beautiful ones my thought
is not changeable
Sappho quotes: In the crooks of your body, I find my religon. In the crooks of your body, I find my religon.
Sappho quotes: I would not think to touch the sky with two arms I would not think to touch the sky with two arms
Sappho quotes: The moon has set, and the Pleiades; it is midnight, and time passes, and I sleep alone. The moon has set, and the Pleiades; it is midnight, and time passes, and I sleep alone.
Sappho quotes: Gracious your form and your eyes as honey : desire is poured upon your lovely face Aphrodite has honored you exceedingly ... Gracious your form and your eyes as honey : desire is poured upon your lovely face Aphrodite has honored you exceedingly ...
Sappho quotes: When anger spreads through the breath, guard thy tongue from barking idly. When anger spreads through the breath, guard thy tongue from barking idly.
Sappho quotes: We shall enjoy itAs for him who findsfault, may sillinessand sorrow take him! We shall enjoy it
As for him who finds
fault, may silliness
and sorrow take him!
Sappho quotes: Eros harrows my heart: wild gales sweeping desolate mountains, uprooting oaks. Eros harrows my heart: wild gales sweeping desolate mountains, uprooting oaks.
Sappho quotes: You may blame Aphrodite soft as she is she has almost killed me with love for that boy You may
blame Aphrodite
soft as she is
she has almost
killed me with
love for that boy
Sappho quotes: May I write words more naked than flesh,stronger than bone, more resilient thansinew, sensitive than nerve. May I write words more naked than flesh,
stronger than bone, more resilient than
sinew, sensitive than nerve.
Sappho quotes: Love shook my heartLike the wind on the mountainrushing over the oak trees. Love shook my heart
Like the wind on the mountain
rushing over the oak trees.
Sappho quotes: Stars veil their beauty soon / Beside the glorious moon, / When her full silver light / Doth make the whole earth bright. Stars veil their beauty soon / Beside the glorious moon, / When her full silver light / Doth make the whole earth bright.
Sappho quotes: I said: 'Go with my blessing if you goAlways remembering what we did. To meYou have meant everything, as you well know. I said: 'Go with my blessing if you go
Always remembering what we did. To me
You have meant everything, as you well know.
Sappho quotes: gathering flowers so very delicate a girl gathering flowers so very delicate a girl
Sappho quotes: Although only breath, words which I speak are immortal. Although only breath, words which I speak are immortal.
Sappho quotes: Once again Love, that loosener of limbs,bittersweet and inescapable, crawling thing,seizes me. Once again Love, that loosener of limbs,
bittersweet and inescapable, crawling thing,
seizes me.
Sappho quotes: He who is fair to look upon is good, and he who is good will soon be fair also. He who is fair to look upon is good, and he who is good will soon be fair also.
Sappho quotes: Whatever one loves most is beautiful. Whatever one loves most is beautiful.
Sappho quotes: I have a daughter who reminds me of A marigold in bloom. Kle I have a daughter who reminds me of A marigold in bloom. Kle
Sappho quotes: Once again love drives me on, that loosener of limbs, bittersweet creature against which nothing can be done. Once again love drives me on, that loosener of limbs, bittersweet creature against which nothing can be done.
Sappho quotes: The dice of love are shouting and madness. The dice of love are shouting and madness.
Sappho quotes: Eros seizes and shakes my very soul like the wind on the mountain shaking ancient oaks. Eros seizes and shakes my very soul like the wind on the mountain
shaking ancient oaks.
Sappho quotes: ]sing to usthe one with violets in her lap]mostly]goes astray ]sing to us
the one with violets in her lap
]mostly
]goes astray
Sappho quotes: What is beautiful is good, and who is good will soon be beautiful. What is beautiful is good, and who is good will soon be beautiful.
Sappho quotes: Eros the melter of limbs (now again) stirs me - sweetbitter unmanageable creature who steals in Eros the melter of limbs (now again) stirs me -
sweetbitter unmanageable creature who steals in
Sappho quotes: I will let my body flow like water over the gentle cushions. I will let my body flow like water over the gentle cushions.
Sappho quotes: Evening you gather backall that dazzling dawn has put asunder:you gather a lamb, gather a kid,gather a child to its mother. Evening you gather back
all that dazzling dawn has put asunder:
you gather a lamb, gather a kid,
gather a child to its mother.
Sappho quotes: How love the limb-loosener sweeps me away How love the limb-loosener sweeps me away
Sappho quotes: neither for me honey nor the honey bee neither for me honey nor the honey bee
Sappho quotes: For me, neither the honey nor the bee For me, neither the honey nor the bee
Sappho quotes: Someone will remember us I say even in another time Someone will remember us
I say
even in another time
Sappho quotes: Wealth without virtue is no harmless neighbor. Wealth without virtue is no harmless neighbor.
Sappho quotes: Eros, again now, the loosener of limbs troubles me,Bittersweet, sly, uncontrollable creature ... . Eros, again now, the loosener of limbs troubles me,
Bittersweet, sly, uncontrollable creature ... .
Sappho quotes: I took my lyre and said: come now, my heavenly tortoise shell: become a speaking instrument. I took my lyre and said: come now, my heavenly tortoise shell: become a speaking instrument.
Sappho quotes: There is no place for grief in a house which serves the Muse. There is no place for grief in a house which serves the Muse.
Sappho quotes: Dancing up the full moonRound some fair new altarTrample the soft blossoms of fine grass. Dancing up the full moon
Round some fair new altar
Trample the soft blossoms of fine grass.
Sappho quotes: Mere air, these words, but delicious to hear. Mere air, these words, but delicious to hear.
Sappho quotes: 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. 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.
Sappho quotes: Because I prayedthis word:I want Because I prayed
this word:
I want
Sappho quotes: No honey for me, if it comes with a bee. No honey for me, if it comes with a bee.
Sappho quotes: In gold sandals / dawn like a thief / fell upon me. In gold sandals / dawn like a thief / fell upon me.
Sappho quotes: If you are squeamishDon't prod thebeach rubble. If you are squeamish
Don't prod the
beach rubble.
Sappho quotes: The evening star Is the most beautiful of all stars The evening star Is the most beautiful of all stars
Sappho quotes: Stand to face me belovedAnd open out the grace of your eyes Stand to face me beloved
And open out the grace of your eyes
Sappho quotes: The moon has setAnd the Pleiades.Midnight.I lie in bed alone. The moon has set
And the Pleiades.
Midnight.
I lie in bed alone.
Sappho quotes: AndHer soul! Her soul is consumed by this longing. And
Her soul! Her soul is consumed by this longing.
Sappho quotes: Their heart grew coldthey let their wings down Their heart grew cold
they let their wings down
Sappho quotes: For some the fairest thing on the dark earth is Thermopylae,And the Spartan phalanx lowering lances to die. For some the fairest thing on the dark earth is Thermopylae,
And the Spartan phalanx lowering lances to die.
Sappho quotes: I know not what to do, my mind is divided I know not what to do, my mind is divided
Sappho quotes: May you sleep on the breast of your delicate friend May you sleep on the breast of your delicate friend
Sappho quotes: You came and I was longing for you.You cooled a heart that burned with desire. You came and I was longing for you.
You cooled a heart that burned with desire.
Sappho quotes: Beauty endures only for as long as it can be seen; goodness, beautiful today, will remain so tomorrow. Beauty endures only for as long as it can be seen; goodness, beautiful today, will remain so tomorrow.
Sappho quotes: You came and I was crazy for youand you cooled my mind that burned with longing You came and I was crazy for you
and you cooled my mind that burned with longing
Sappho quotes: I do not know what to do, my mind's in two. I do not know what to do, my mind's in two.

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