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Alcaeus Quotes

Wine is a peep-hole on a man.

Wine is a peep-hole on a man.

Wine, Men, Holes

Tis said that wrath is the last thing in a man to grow old.

Men, Wrath, Lasts

Not well-built walls, but brave citizens are the bulwark of the city.

Wall, Cities, Brave

To be bowed by grief is folly; Naught is gained by melancholy; Better than the pain of thinking, Is to steep the sense in drinking.

Pain, Drinking, Grief

Not houses finely roofed or the stones of walls well builded, nay nor canals and dockyards make the city, but men able to use their opportunity.

Wall, Opportunity, Men

Plant no tree sooner than the vine.

Tree, Vines, Plant

Fighting men are the city's fortress.

Fighting, Men, Cities

"Fragments". Book by Alcaeus (Fragment XXII),

Brave men are a city's strongest tower of defence.

Men, Cities, Brave

The Arcadians were chestnut-eaters.

Chestnuts, Arcadia

Alcæus, Fragment LXXXVI. "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations", 1922.

One that hath wine as a chain about his wits, such a one lives no life at all.

Wine, Chains, Wit

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