Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Woe

Alas! by some degree of woe, we every bliss must gain,
The heart can ne’er a transport know, that never feels a pain.Lord Lyttleton.

By telling our woes we often assuage them.French.

He scorned his own who felt another’s woe.Campbell.

No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal woe.Scott.

Woe to him who is alone when he falleth.

Woe to the house where there is no chiding.

Woes cluster, rare are solitary woes,
They love a train, they tread each other’s heels.Young.