Wit Quotes by Alcaeus

Plant no tree sooner than the vine.

— 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…

— Alcaeus

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

— Alcaeus

Not well-built walls, but brave citizens are the bulwark of the city.

— Alcaeus

Fighting men are the city's fortress

— Alcaeus

Wine is a peep-hole on a man.

— Alcaeus

One that hath wine as a chain about his wits, such a one lives no life at all.

— Alcaeus

Brave men are a city's strongest tower of defence.

— Alcaeus

The Arcadians were chestnut-eaters.

— 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…

— Alcaeus