When anger spreads through the breath, guard thy tongue from barking idly. -Sappho

 

When anger spreads through the breath, guard thy tongue from barking idly.


-Sappho
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This quote is just one of 7 total Sappho quotes in our collection. Sappho is known for saying 'When anger spreads through the breath, guard thy tongue from barking idly.' as well as some of the following quotes.

Death is an evil; the gods have so judged; had it been good, they would die.

Sappho
203

When anger spreads through the breath, guard thy tongue from barking idly.

Sappho
194
How love the limb-loosener sweeps me away. -Sappho
183

Love is a cunning weaver of fantasies and fables.

Sappho
173

Death must be an Evil - and the gods agree; for why else would they live for ever?

Sappho
172
What is beautiful is good, and who is good will soon be beautiful. -Sappho
140

Beauty endures only for as long as it can be seen; goodness, beautiful today, will remain so tomorrow.

Sappho
118