Alcaeus Quotes

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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." Alcaeus
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"Wine is a peep-hole on a man." Alcaeus
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"'Tis said that wrath is the last thing in a man to grow old." 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
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