Plant no tree sooner than the vine.

Alcaeus

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

ALCAEUS

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

Oneself
Fighting men are the city’s fortress.

ALCAEUS

Fighting men are the city’s fortress.
ALCAEUS

Fortress
Wine is a peep-hole on a man.

ALCAEUS

Wine is a peep-hole on a man.
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 their opportunity.

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 their opportunity.
ALCAEUS

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

Built City
Tis said that wrath is the last thing in a man to grow old.
ALCAEUS
Brave men are a city’s strongest tower of defence.
ALCAEUS

Defense
Plant no tree sooner than the vine.
ALCAEUS

Vine
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

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.
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Drinking

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