"Beauty endures only for as long as it……" — Sappho
"Beauty endures only for as long as it can be seen; goodness, beautiful today, will remain so tomorrow."
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29 Quotes by Sappho
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All the while, believe me, I prayed our night would last twice as long.
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Stand and face me, my love,and scatter the grace in your eyes.
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There is no place for grief in a house which serves the Muse.
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I would not think to touch the sky with two arms
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Once again love drives me on, that loosener of limbs, bittersweet creature against which nothing can be done.
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Although only breath, words which I command are immortal.
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Love shook my heart/ Like the wind on the mountain/ Troubling the oak-trees
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I know not what to do, my mind is divided
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Someone, I tell you, in another time will remember us
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Now the Earth with many flowers puts on her spring embroidery
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Love is a cunning weaver of fantasies and fables.
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Raise high the roof beam, carpenters. Like Ares comes the bridegroom, taller far than a tall man.
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