William Shakespeare - A E Aytoun - Sydney J Harris - Alexander Pope - Homer - Anne Bronte - William Blake -
1,172. For what is this world but grief and woe?
O God! Methinks it were a happy life
To be not better than a homely swain. (Life’s Like That & World & Grief & Woe) William Shakespeare, Richard Duke of York II v 20-22, King Henry’s soliloquy
50,796. God for his mercy, what a tide of woes
Comes rushing on this woeful land at once. William Shakespeare, Richard II II ii 98-99, York to Servingman
5,372. Why, headstrong liberty is lashed with woe. (Liberty & Civil Liberties & Woe) William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors II i 15, Luciana to Adriana
50,797. This day’s black fate on more days doth depend
This but begins the woe others must end. William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet III i 119-120, Romeo to Benvolio
50,798. Though woe be heavy, yet it seldom sleeps,
And they that watch see time how slow it creeps. William Shakespeare, The Rape of Lucrece 1574-1575
50,799. The deep unutterable woe
Which none but exiles feel. W E Aytoun 1813-1865, The Island of the Scots 1849, Scottish lawyer and writer of ballads
50,800. Ninety per cent of the world’s woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real virtues. Most of us go almost all the way through life as complete strangers to ourselves – so how can we know anyone else? Sydney J Harris
50,801. Teach me to feel another’s woe,
To hide the fault I see,
That mercy I to others show,
That mercy show to me. Alexander Pope, The Universal Prayer
50,802. And woe succeeds to woe. Homer, Iliad
50,803. Long exercised in woes. Homer, Odyssey
51,138. Oh, I am very weary,
Though tears no longer flow;
My eyes are tired of weeping,
My heart is sick of woe. (Weep & Tears & Woe) Anne Bronte
78,254. Can I see another’s woe.
And not be in sorrow too?
Can I see another’s grief
And not seek for kind relief? (Kind & Woe & Sorrow & Grief) William Blake