193 Quotes by Sappho

frequentlyfor thoseI treat well are the ones who most of allharm me

We shall enjoy itAs for him who findsfault, may sillinessand sorrow take him!

You may forget, but let me tell you this: someone in some future time will think of us.

and on a soft beddelicateyou would let loose your longing

You are, I think, an evening star,the fairest of all the stars.

I desireAnd I crave.

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

Tonight I've watchedthe moon and thenthe Pleiadesgo downThe night is nowhalf gone; youthgoes; I amin bed alone

I groan much but to what end? Humans simplyCannot be ageless like divinities.