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

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

Alcaeus quotes: Plant no tree sooner than the vine.

Plant no tree sooner than the vine.

Alcaeus quotes: The Arcadians were chestnut-eaters.

The Arcadians were chestnut-eaters.

Alcaeus quotes: Fighting men are the city's fortress

Fighting men are the city's fortress

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

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

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

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

Alcaeus quotes: Wine is a peep-hole on a man.

Wine is a peep-hole on a man.

Alcaeus quotes: 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.

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 quotes: 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.

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 quotes: '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.