104 Quotes About Sappho

Some honored me by giving methe secret of their works

Wealth without virtue is no harmless neighborbut by mixing both you are on the peak of joy.

OftenthoseI treat well are just the oneswho most harm mevainlyYou I wantto sufferIn meI know it

Like a sweet apple reddening on a high branch,on the tip of the topmost branch and forgottenby the apple pickers—no, beyond their reach.Like a hyacinth in the mountains that shepherd mentrample down with their feet, and on the earththe purple flower

Virginity, virginity, where have you gone, leaving me abandoned?No longer will I come to you. No longer will I come.

May you sleepon your tender girlfriend's breasts

O dream on black wingsyou stray here when sleepsweet god, I am in agonyto split all its powerfor I expect not to share.Nothing of the blessed godsI would rather not be like thiswith trinketsbut mayI have them all

Now in myheart Isee clearlya beautifulfaceshining back on me,stainedwith love

It is not right in a house serving the Musesto have mourning. For us it is unbecoming.