Come Close
Sappho
Top 10 Best Quotes
“You will have memories Because of what we did back then When we were new at this, Yes, we did many things, then - all Beautiful...”
“I declare That later on, Even in an age unlike our own, Someone will remember who we are.”
“I said: 'Go with my blessing if you go Always remembering what we did. To me You have meant everything, as you well know.”
“Yes, we did many things, then - all Beautiful...”
“Some call ships, infantry or horsemen The greatest beauty earth can offer; I say it is whatever a person Most lusts after.”
“There is a boy, and lust Has crushed my spirit - just As gentle Aphrodite planned. Since I have cast my lot, please, golden-crowned Aphrodite, let me win this round!”
“She who shuns love soon will pursue it, She who scorns gifts will send them still: That girl will learn to love, though she do it Against her will.”
“I groan much but to what end? Humans simply Cannot be ageless like divinities.”
“As you are dear to me, go claim a younger Bed as your due. I can't stand being the old one any longer, Living with you.”
“Age weighs heavily on me, and the knees Buckle that long ago, like fawns, pranced nimbly. I groan much but to what end? Humans simply Cannot be ageless like divinities. They say that rosy-forearmed Dawn, when stung With love, swept a sweet youth to the earth's rim - Tithonus. Even there age withered him, Bound still to a wife forever young.”
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