--- title: "2 Helen Quotes By Sappho" description: "2 Helen quotes by Sappho. Plus more from Sappho and more Helen sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/789/sappho-4562_aphrodite_some-say-an-army-of-horsemen-some-of-foo_1063696.png" --- > [“Some say an army of horsemen, some of footsoldiers, some of ships, is the fairest thing on the black earth, but I say it is what one loves. It's very easy to make this clear to everyone, for Helen, by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sappho/some-say-an-army-of-horsemen-some-of-footsoldiers-some-of-ships-is/) [Sappho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sappho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/789/sappho-4562_aphrodite_some-say-an-army-of-horsemen-some-of-foo_1063696.png) > [“Some call ships, infantry or horsemen The greatest beauty earth can offer; I say it is whatever a person Most lusts after. Showing you all will be no trouble: Helen surpassed all humankind In looks but left the world's most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sappho/some-call-ships-infantry-or-horsemen-the-greatest-beauty-earth-can/) [Sappho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sappho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b38/sappho-4562_aphrodite_some-call-ships-infantry-or-horsemen-the_2636153.png) ## Other authors on Helen ## More by Sappho > [ “\]Sardis often turning her thoughts here \] you like a goddess and in your song most of all she rejoiced. But now she is… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sappho/sardis-often-turning-her-thoughts-here-you-like-a-goddess-and-in-your/) [Sappho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sappho/) > [“Kuu laskenut ja Seulaset On keskiyö, minun aikani on ohi Nukun yksin”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sappho/kuu-laskenut-ja-seulaset-on-keskiy-minun-aikani-on-ohi-nukun-yksin/) [Sappho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sappho/) > [“But thou shalt ever lie dead nor shall there be any remembrance of thee then or ever, for thou hast none of the roses…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sappho/but-thou-shalt-ever-lie-dead-nor-shall-there-be-any-remembrance-of/) [Sappho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sappho/) > [Raise high the roof beam, carpenters. Like Ares comes the bridegroom, taller far than a tall man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sappho/raise-high-the-roof-beam-carpenters-like-ares-comes-the-bridegroom/) [Sappho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sappho/) > [Death is an ill; 'tis thus the Gods decide: / For had death been a boon, the Gods had died.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sappho/death-is-an-ill-tis-thus-the-gods-decide-for-had-death-been-a-boon/) [Sappho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sappho/) > [Love shook my heart/ Like the wind on the mountain/ Troubling the oak-trees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sappho/love-shook-my-heart-like-the-wind-on-the-mountain-troubling-the-oak/) [Sappho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sappho/) > [Dancing up the full moon Round some fair new altar Trample the soft blossoms of fine grass.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sappho/dancing-up-the-full-moon-round-some-fair-new-altar-trample-the-soft/) [Sappho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sappho/) > [“Blest as the immortal gods is he, The youth who fondly sits by thee, And hears and sees thee, all the while, Softly speaks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sappho/blest-as-the-immortal-gods-is-he-the-youth-who-fondly-sits-by-thee/) [Sappho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sappho/) > [You may forget but let me tell you this: someone in some future time will think of us](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sappho/you-may-forget-but-let-me-tell-you-this-someone-in-some-future-time/) [Sappho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sappho/) > [“I can reveal to you that I wished to die - For with much weeping she left me Saying: "Sappho - what suffering is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sappho/i-can-reveal-to-you-that-i-wished-to-die-for-with-much-weeping-she/) [Sappho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sappho/) > [I will let my body flow like water over the gentle cushions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sappho/i-will-let-my-body-flow-like-water-over-the-gentle-cushions/) [Sappho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sappho/) > [“yet if you had a desire for good or beautiful things and your tongue were not concocting some evil to say shame would not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sappho/yet-if-you-had-a-desire-for-good-or-beautiful-things-and-your-tongue/) [Sappho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sappho/) > [Stars veil their beauty soon / Beside the glorious moon, / When her full silver light / Doth make the whole earth bright.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sappho/stars-veil-their-beauty-soon-beside-the-glorious-moon-when-her-full/) [Sappho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sappho/) > [May I write words more naked than flesh, stronger than bone, more resilient than sinew, sensitive than nerve.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sappho/may-i-write-words-more-naked-than-flesh-stronger-than-bone-more/) [Sappho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sappho/) > [“Some say thronging cavalry, some say foot soldiers, others call a fleet the most beautiful of sights the dark earth offers, but I say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sappho/some-say-thronging-cavalry-some-say-foot-soldiers-others-call-a-fleet/) [Sappho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sappho/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/helen/sappho/#itemlist", "name": "2 Helen Quotes By Sappho", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Some say an army of horsemen, some of footsoldiers, some of ships, is the fairest thing on the black earth, but I say it is what one loves. 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