Woe Quotes

365 quotes by 254 authors

Can I see another's woe, and not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's grief, and not seek for kind relief? — William Blake
Oh, I am very weary, Though tears no longer flow; My eyes are tired of weeping, My heart is sick of woe. — Anne Bronte
What is the worst of woes that wait on age? What stamps the wrinkle deeper on the brow? To view each loved one blotted from… — Lord Byron
Woe to him that claims obedience when it is not due; woe to him that refuses it when it is. — Thomas Carlyle
Tis the only comfort of the miserable to have partners in their woes. — Miguel de Cervantes
Woes and wonders of Power, that tonic hell, synthesis of poison and panacea. — Emile M. Cioran
O Woe to his blinded soul! Saying this, he as it were said to God: "Thou Thyself are guilty, because the woman whom Thou gavest… — Symeon the New Theologian
None of us can be free of conflict and woe. Even the greatest men have had to accept disappointments as their daily bread. ... The… — Bernard Baruch
Striving to tell his woes, words would not come; For light cares speak, when mighty griefs are dumb. — Samuel Daniel
Woe to the suicides! I believe that there can be none more miserable than they. Oh, there are some who remain proud and fierce even… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Haste breeds error; error breeds woe. — Janet Morris
All thy old woes shall now smile on thee, and thy pains sit bright on thee. All thy sorrows here shall shine and thy sufferings… — Richard Crashaw
Come Sleep! Oh Sleep, the certain knot of peace, the baiting-place of wit, the balm of woe, the poor man's wealth, the prisoner's release, the… — Philip Sidney
Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe, That found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so. — Oliver Goldsmith
We are so constituted that we believe the most incredible things; and, once they are engraved upon the memory, woe to him who would endeavor… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Next to dressing for a rout or ball, undressing is a woe. — Lord Byron
A drunkard is the annoyance of modesty, the trouble of civility, the spoil of wealth, the distraction of reason. He is the brewer's agent, the… — Thomas Adams
Woe unto the world because of offenses; for it must needs be that offenses come, but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh. — Abraham Lincoln
Talk happiness. The world is sad enough without your woe. No path is wholly rough. — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
If a man rejoice not in his drinking, he is mad; for in drinking it's possible ... to fondle breasts, and to caress well tended… — Euripides

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