"Builders, raise the ceiling high, Raise the dome……" — Sappho
"Builders, raise the ceiling high, Raise the dome into the sky, Hear the wedding song! For the happy groom is near, Tall as Mars, and statelier, Hear the wedding song!"
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29 Quotes by Sappho
Sappho has 29 quotes on this site.
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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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Beauty endures only for as long as it can be seen; goodness, beautiful today, will remain so tomorrow.
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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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