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

Quote by Alcaeus

Topics: Opportunity 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.

Wine is a peep-hole on a man.

Wine is a peep-hole on a man.

To be bowed by grief is folly; Naught is gained by melancholy; Better than the...

To be bowed by grief is folly; Naught is gained by melancholy; Better than the...

Wine is a peep-hole on a man

Wine is a peep-hole on a man

Good wine needs no bush, and perhaps products that people really want need no hard-sell...

Good wine needs no bush, and perhaps products that people really want need no hard-sell...

Italian wine was something rough and red that came in a straw-covered flask with a...

Italian wine was something rough and red that came in a straw-covered flask with a...

No nation is drunken where wine is cheap; and none sober, where the dearness of...

No nation is drunken where wine is cheap; and none sober, where the dearness of...

It is well to remember that there are five reasons for drinking: the arrival of...

It is well to remember that there are five reasons for drinking: the arrival of...

Good wine needs no bush

Good wine needs no bush

Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.

Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.

Wine gives a man nothing... it only puts in motion what had been locked up...

Wine gives a man nothing... it only puts in motion what had been locked up...

No nation is drunken where wine is cheap; and none sober, where the dearness of...

No nation is drunken where wine is cheap; and none sober, where the dearness of...

And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and...

And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and...

Blushing is the color of virtue.

Blushing is the color of virtue.

Don't put new wine into old bottles

Don't put new wine into old bottles

Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.

Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.

What is the definition of a good wine? It should start and end with a...

What is the definition of a good wine? It should start and end with a...

Wine is a treacherous friend who you must always be on guard for.

Wine is a treacherous friend who you must always be on guard for.

I edit out the bad stuff and deliver the good stuff. Seventy-five percent of all...

I edit out the bad stuff and deliver the good stuff. Seventy-five percent of all...

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not...

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not...