11 Quotes by Alcaeus
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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.
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One that hath wine as a chain about his wits, such a one lives no life at all.
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Not well-built walls, but brave citizens are the bulwark of the city.
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The Arcadians were chestnut-eaters.
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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.
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