Sappho Quotes
Top 90 wise famous quotes and sayings by Sappho
Sappho Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Sappho on Wise Famous 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.
Come to me now and loosen me
from blunt agony. Labor
and fill my heart with fire. Stand by me
and be my ally.
from blunt agony. Labor
and fill my heart with fire. Stand by me
and be my ally.
The touched heart madly stirs,
your laughter is water hurrying over pebbles -
every gesture is a proclamation,
every sound is speech ...
your laughter is water hurrying over pebbles -
every gesture is a proclamation,
every sound is speech ...
With his venom irresistible and bittersweet that loosener of limbs, Love reptile-like strikes me down
Wealth without real worthiness
Is no good for the neighbourhood;
But their proper mixture
Is the summit of beatitude.
Is no good for the neighbourhood;
But their proper mixture
Is the summit of beatitude.
The Moon and Pleiades have set, / Midnight is nigh, / The time is passing, passing, yet / Alone I lie.
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 ...
Because of what we did back then
When we were new at this,
Yes, we did many things, then - all
Beautiful ...
Gracious your form and your eyes as honey : desire is poured upon your lovely face Aphrodite has honored you exceedingly ...
May I write words more naked than flesh,
stronger than bone, more resilient than
sinew, sensitive than nerve.
stronger than bone, more resilient than
sinew, sensitive than nerve.
Stars veil their beauty soon / Beside the glorious moon, / When her full silver light / Doth make the whole earth bright.
I said: 'Go with my blessing if you go
Always remembering what we did. To me
You have meant everything, as you well know.
Always remembering what we did. To me
You have meant everything, as you well know.
Once again love drives me on, that loosener of limbs, bittersweet creature against which nothing can be done.
Evening you gather back
all that dazzling dawn has put asunder:
you gather a lamb, gather a kid,
gather a child to its mother.
all that dazzling dawn has put asunder:
you gather a lamb, gather a kid,
gather a child to its mother.
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.
For some the fairest thing on the dark earth is Thermopylae,
And the Spartan phalanx lowering lances to die.
And the Spartan phalanx lowering lances to die.