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.

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

City Home Opportunity Stone
Brave men are a city’s strongest tower of defence.
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Brave Defense Man Strong
Tis said that wrath is the last thing in a man to grow old.
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Growth Man Old
Wine is a peep-hole on a man.
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Hole Man Wine
Plant no tree sooner than the vine.
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One Liner Plant Vine
One that hath wine as a chain about his wits, such a one lives no life at all.
ALCAEUS

Life Live Oneself Wine
Not well-built walls, but brave citizens are the bulwark of the city.
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Brave Built City
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

Better Drinking Grief Pain Thinking
Fighting men are the city’s fortress.
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Fight Fortress Man

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