Nothing is sweeter than Love; and every other joy is second to it: even the honey I spit out of my mouth. Thus Nossis says: and who didn't love Kypris, doesn't know what sort of roses her flowers are.
The above poet is Nossis a Greek poetess from Locri, Italy (southern Italy). She wrote in the 3rd Century B.C. She is known for her epigrams.
An epigram is a short 1 line phrase or a couplet (2 lines) or a quatrain (4 lines) which has a brief forceful remark OR a funny ending.
Oscar Wilde is also known for his epigrams. The following are a couple of them.
I can resist anything except temptation.
Another is: Work is the curse of the drinking classes.
And another: To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist.