Sappho Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Sex divorced from love is the thief of personal dignity.
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I love chilling in a cute sweatsuit and wedge sandals or sneakers.
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Whoever is the first to cry "Stop the thief" is the one who is guilty.
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I was a coward. I used to be haunted by the fear of thieves, ghosts and serpents. I did not dare to stir out of doors at night. Darkness was a terror to me. It was almost impossible for me to sleep in the dark, as I would imagine ghosts coming from one direction, thieves from another and serpents from a third. I could not therefore bear to sleep without a light in the room.
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The moon's an arrant thief, And her pale fire she snatches from the sun.
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The most peaceable way for you, if you do take a thief, is, to let him show himself what he is and steal out of your company.
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Every true man's apparel fits your thief.
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War is a quarrel between two thieves too cowardly to fight their own battle; therefore they take boys from one village and another village, stick them into uniforms, equip them with guns, and let them loose like wild beasts against one other.
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They were all whispers now, the two of them, conspirators and thieves.
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Boughs are daily rifled By the gusty thieves, And the book of Nature Getteth short of leaves.
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The occupation of America (and Columbus's arrival quite clearly was an occupation, no one can deny that) meant that the entire history of the Native Americans was rendered invisible. The land could only be occupied if it was first defined as empty. So it was defined as a wilderness, even though it had been used by native people for millennia.
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When you're acting you put so much of yourself into working. As much fun as it is, it's still hard work and it's still a challenge.
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I have been formerly so silly as to hope that every servant I had might be made a friend; I am now convinced that the nature of servitude generally bears a contrary tendency. People's characters are to be chiefly collected from their education and place in life; birth itself does but little.
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Sometimes it's better to forgive and forget. And sometimes, on the other hand, it's better to leave the friendship.
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I see many people die because they judge that life is not worth living. I see others paradoxically getting killed for the ideas or illusions that give them a reason for living (what is called a reason for living is also an excellent reason for dying). I therefore conclude that the meaning of life is the most urgent of questions.
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As an early adopter of the internet, I've changed as the internet has changed, and I regret a lot of the things that I used to believe or used to do.
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Strength lies in differences, not in similarities
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The Scripture can only be read intelligently by inspired men and women. The value we get from our reading is in direct proportion to the measure in which we are filled with God's Spirit.
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I don't believe in sharing my money. If I go out and work my nuts off and make some money, I don't feel that I should have to share it with my community.
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The meaning of secrecy is very different when the model of love is one of transparency. So to understand the politics of secrecy and revelation, you need to understand the larger culture in which the couple lives and also the culture of the couple itself. What does intimacy mean to them? Where does the couple draw the line between togetherness and separateness? That's what informs you. You always ask, "What would happen if I tell? What would happen if I don't tell?" Sometimes, the partner doesn't want to know.
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In gold sandals dawn like a thief fell upon me.
