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" I want to say something but shame
prevents me

yet if you had a desire for good or beautiful things
and your tongue were not concocting some evil to say,
shame would not hold down your eyes
but rather you would speak about what is just "

Sappho , If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho


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Sappho quote : I want to say something but shame<br />prevents me<br /><br />yet if you had a desire for good or beautiful things<br />and your tongue were not concocting some evil to say,<br />shame would not hold down your eyes<br />but rather you would speak about what is just