Alcaeus
Alcaeus
pain drinking grief
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.
wine chains wit
One that hath wine as a chain about his wits, such a one lives no life at all.
men wrath lasts
Tis said that wrath is the last thing in a man to grow old.
tree vines plant
Plant no tree sooner than the vine.
fighting men cities
Fighting men are the city's fortress
men cities brave
Brave men are a city's strongest tower of defence.
wall cities brave
Not well-built walls, but brave citizens are the bulwark of the city.
chestnuts arcadia
The Arcadians were chestnut-eaters.
wall opportunity men
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.
wine men holes
Wine is a peep-hole on a man.