18 Quotes & Sayings By Sappho

Sappho was a poet from the island of Lesbos. Her poems were collected and published after her death. She is the first female poet whose poems survive and survive in voluminous quantity which makes her a unique figure of our era.

Yet if you had a desire for good or beautiful...
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Yet if you had a desire for good or beautiful thingsand your tongue were not concocting some evil to sayshame would not hold down your eyesbut rather you would speak about what is just Sappho
Their heart grew coldthey let their wings down
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Their heart grew coldthey let their wings down Sappho
In fact she herself once blamed me Kyprogeneiabecause I prayed...
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In fact she herself once blamed me Kyprogeneiabecause I prayed this word: I want. Sappho
Eros, again now, the loosener of limbs troubles me, Bittersweet,...
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Eros, again now, the loosener of limbs troubles me, Bittersweet, sly, uncontrollable creature…. Sappho
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]Sardisoften turning her thoughts here]you like a goddessand in your song most of all she rejoiced. But now she is conspicuous among Lydian womenas sometimes at sunsetthe rosyfingered moonsurpasses all the stars. And her lightstretches over salt seaequally and flowerdeep fields. And the beautiful dew is poured outand roses bloom and frailchervil and flowering sweetclover. But she goes back and forth rememberinggentle Atthis and in longingshe bites her tender mind . Sappho
]sing to usthe one with violets in her lap]mostly]goes astray
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]sing to usthe one with violets in her lap]mostly]goes astray Sappho
...gracious your form and your eyes as honey : desire...
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...gracious your form and your eyes as honey : desire is poured upon your lovely face Aphrodite has honored you exceedingly... Sappho
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There is no place for grief in a house which serves the Muse. Sappho
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Wealth without virtue is no harmless neighbor. Sappho
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The touched heart madly stirs, your laughter is water hurrying over pebbles - every gesture is a proclamation, every sound is speech... Sappho
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Someone will remember us I say Even in another time Sappho
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The evening star Is the mostbeautifulof all stars Sappho
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We shall enjoy it As for him who findsfault, may sillinessand sorrow take him! Sappho
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Evening you gather backall that dazzling dawn has put asunder:you gather a lamb, gather a kid, gather a child to its mother. Sappho
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Once again Love, that loosener of limbs, bittersweet and inescapable, crawling thing, seizes me. Sappho
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The angel of spring the mellow-throated nightingale. Sappho
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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