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> [The Arcadians were chestnut-eaters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alcaeus/the-arcadians-were-chestnut-eaters/)

[Alcaeus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alcaeus/)

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## Other authors on Arcadia

- [Steven Magee 8 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arcadia/steven-magee/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-tom-stoppard-91582.jpg) Tom Stoppard 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arcadia/tom-stoppard/)
- [Jenn Bennett 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arcadia/jenn-bennett/)

## More by Alcaeus

> [Plant no tree sooner than the vine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alcaeus/plant-no-tree-sooner-than-the-vine/)

[Alcaeus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alcaeus/)

> [Not houses finely roofed or the stones of walls well builded, nay nor canals and dockyards make the city, but men able to use…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alcaeus/not-houses-finely-roofed-or-the-stones-of-walls-well-builded-nay-nor/)

[Alcaeus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alcaeus/)

> [Tis said that wrath is the last thing in a man to grow old.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alcaeus/tis-said-that-wrath-is-the-last-thing-in-a-man-to-grow-old/)

[Alcaeus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alcaeus/)

> [Not well-built walls, but brave citizens are the bulwark of the city.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alcaeus/not-well-built-walls-but-brave-citizens-are-the-bulwark-of-the-city/)

[Alcaeus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alcaeus/)

> [Fighting men are the city's fortress](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alcaeus/fighting-men-are-the-city-s-fortress/)

[Alcaeus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alcaeus/)

> [Wine is a peep-hole on a man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alcaeus/wine-is-a-peep-hole-on-a-man/)

[Alcaeus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alcaeus/)

> [One that hath wine as a chain about his wits, such a one lives no life at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alcaeus/one-that-hath-wine-as-a-chain-about-his-wits-such-a-one-lives-no-life/)

[Alcaeus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alcaeus/)

> [Brave men are a city's strongest tower of defence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alcaeus/brave-men-are-a-city-s-strongest-tower-of-defence/)

[Alcaeus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alcaeus/)

> [The Arcadians were chestnut-eaters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alcaeus/the-arcadians-were-chestnut-eaters/)

[Alcaeus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alcaeus/)

> [To be bowed by grief is folly; Naught is gained by melancholy; Better than the pain of thinking, Is to steep the sense in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alcaeus/to-be-bowed-by-grief-is-folly-naught-is-gained-by-melancholy-better/)

[Alcaeus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alcaeus/)

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