Quotes by Alcaeus of Mytilene

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

  ― Alcaeus of Mytilene
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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 of Mytilene
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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 of Mytilene
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• Wine is a peep-hole on a man.

  ― Alcaeus of Mytilene
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Subjects in these quotes:

• opportunity
• melancholy
• peep-hole
• drinking
• canals
• naught

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