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

~Alcaeus

Topics: Grow Last Man Old Said Thing Tis Wrath

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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

Topics: Able City Houses Make Men Nay Nor Opportunity Stones Use Walls Well

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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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Topics: Better Drinking Folly Gained Grief Melancholy Naught Pain Sense Steep Than Thinking

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Wine is a peep-hole on a man.

~Alcaeus

Topics: Man Wine

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Biography

Nationality: Greek

Type: Poet

Born: Unknown

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