Alcaeus

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. ↗

— Alcaeus

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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. ↗

— Alcaeus

#canals #city #finely #houses #make

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

— Alcaeus

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Wine is a peep-hole on a man. ↗

— Alcaeus

#wine