193 Quotes by Sappho

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.

The moon has set, and the Pleiades; it is midnight, and time passes, and I sleep alone.

No honey for me, if it comes with a bee.

The evening star Is the most beautiful of all stars

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.

He who is fair to look upon is good, and he who is good will soon be fair also.

Mere air, these words, but delicious to hear.

Eros seizes and shakes my very soul like the wind on the mountain shaking ancient oaks.

Death must be an evil and the gods agree; for why else would they live for ever?