Woe Quotes

365 Woe quotes by 249 unique authors

Care-charming Sleep, thou easer of all woes, brother to Death, sweetly thyself dispose. — John Fletcher
So man's insanity is heaven's sense, and wandering from all mortal reason, man comes at last to that celestial thought, which, to reason, is absurd… — Unknown Author
We have created a mindset in our society where everyone wants what they want when they want it. And if we don't get what we… — Steve Rizzo
The heart bow'd down by weight of woe, To weakest hope will cling, To thought and impulse while they flow, That can no comfort bring,… — Alfred Bunn
This world is all a fleeting show, For man's illusion given The smiles of joy, the tears of woe, Deceitful shine, deceitful flow, Theres nothing… — Charles Lamb
When I see our country's stagnation and economic woes, I cannot help but think that we need a creative revolution that is embraced by business… — Larry R. Thompson
Jesus, Buddha, Mohammed, great as each may be, their highest comfort given to the sorrowful is a cordial introduction into another's woe. Sorrow's the great… — Sean O'Casey
I am the self-consumer of my woes, — John Clare
Woe to he who checkmates his opponents at last, only to discover they have been playing cribbage. — Jedediah Berry
The Raven's house is built with reeds, — Sing woe, and alas is me! And the Raven's couch is spread with weeds, High on the… — Thomas D
Thou hast been called, O sleep! the friend of woe; But 't is the happy that have called thee so. — Robert Southey
Hides from himself his state, and shuns to know That life protracted is protracted woe. — Samuel Johnson
Thus hand in hand through life we 'll go; Its checker'd paths of joy and woe With cautious steps we 'll tread. — Nathaniel Cotton
To labour is the lot of man below; And when Jove gave us life, he gave us woe. — Homer
Lost, lost! one moment knelled the woe of years. — Robert Browning
Earth felt the wound; and Nature from her seat, Sighing through all her works, gave signs of woe That all was lost. — John Milton
And moody madness laughing wild Amid severest woe. — Thomas Gray
I firmly believe that in this fiery ordeal, in this suffering, misery, and woe, the South is but undergoing a purification by fire and steel… — Belle Boyd
Silence in love betrays more woe - Than words though ne'er so witty; A beggar that is dumb, you know, may challenge double pity. — Walter Raleigh
You go to the hospital your wife's in labor and you're doing the thing, and then it's very disorienting and scary and you beat yourself… — John C. McGinley
Though Death be poor, it ends a mortal woe. — William Shakespeare
[Speaking of his experience in a concentration camp:] As we said before, any attempt to restore a man's inner strength in the camp had first… — Viktor E. Frankl
In all the woes that curse our race there is a lady in the case. — W. S. Gilbert
But our energy woes are in many ways the result of classic market failures that can only be addressed through collective action, and government is… — Sherwood Boehlert
Too oft is transient pleasure the source of long woes — Christoph Martin Wieland

Who Wrote These Woe Quotes

249 authors contributed a total of 365 Woe Quotes, led by these top contributors: