6 Quotes by John Addington Symonds

To see the sun shining on its bright grass, fresh, when we first visited it, with the autumnal dews, and hear the whispering of the wind among the leaves of the trees which have overgrown the tomb of Cestius, and the soil which is stirring in the sun-warm earth, and to mark the tombs, mostly of women and young people who were buried there, one might, if one were to die, desire the sleep they seem to sleep.

The world has suffered no greater literary loss than the loss of Sappho's poems.

These things shall be! A loftier race Than e’er the world hath known shall rise, With flame of freedom in their souls, And light of knowledge in their eyes.

It is great to get praise from the lips of taciturnity.

No seed shall perish which the soul hath sown.

The world has suffered no greater literary loss than the loss of Sappho’s poems.