Alcaeus Quotes

Wine is a peep-hole on a man.

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

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.

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.

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

The Arcadians were chestnut-eaters.

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

Fighting men are the city's fortress.

Plant no tree sooner than the vine.

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

Such is the world that I can no longer bear to say prayers, for I am sick of speaking to the gods who choose to do nothingbut as they wish.