Woe

Famous quotes containing the word woe:

“And ye maun serve me seven years,
Through weal or woe as may chance to be.””
—Unknown. Thomas the Rhymer (l. 27–28)

“‘All that is mortal of great Plato there
Expiates the joy and woe his master knew not;
The star that ruled his doom was far too fair.”
—Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)

“In realms of knowledge, we bequeath our books,
And woe pursue who to a master quotes
The funnier of our witty marginal notes.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)