Alcaeus ( 5 of 5 )
Fighting men are the city's fortress.
Fighting men are the city's fortress.
Wine is a peep-hole on a man.
Wine is a peep-hole on a man.
Not houses finely roofed or the stones of walls well builded, nay nor canals and dockyards make the city, but read more
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.
'Tis said that wrath is the last thing in a man to grow old.
'Tis said that wrath is the last thing in a man to grow old.
To be bowed by grief is folly; Naught is gained by melancholy; Better than the pain of thinking, Is to read more
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.
