Beauty endures only for as long as it can be seen; goodness, beautiful today, will remain so tomorrow.
—Sappho
Topics: Goodness
What is beautiful is good, and who is good will soon be beautiful.
—Sappho
Topics: Beauty
Power intoxicates men. When a man is intoxicated by alcohol, he can recover, but when intoxicated by power, he seldom recovers.
—Sappho
Topics: Power
From all the offspring of the earth and heaven love is the most precious.
—Sappho
Topics: Love
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- Periander Tyrant of Corinth
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