• 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 of Mytilene
  Ancient Greek poet
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. melancholy
2. thinking
3. drinking
4. steep
5. sense

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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. by : Alcaeus of Mytilene

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