Blessed is he who
Blessed is he who has a soul, blessed is he who has none, but woe and grief to him who has it in embryo. G. I. Gurdjieff
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Blessed is he who has a soul, blessed is he who has none, but woe and grief to him who has it in embryo. G. I. Gurdjieff
Song in the Manner of Housman O woe, woe, People are born and die, We also shall be dead pretty soon Therefore let us act as if we were dead already. The bird sits on the hawthorn tree But he dies also, presently. Some lads get hung, and some get shot. Woeful is this human … Read more
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 locks, and there is dancing withal, and oblivion of woe. Euripides
But woe to him, who left to moan, Reviews the hours of brightness gone. Euripides
When one with honeyed words but evil mind Persuades the mob, great woes befall the state. Euripides
Real beauty in the arts is eternal and would be accepted at all periods; but it wears the dress of its century: something of that dress clings to it, and woe to the works which appear in periods when the general taste is corrupted. Eugene Delacroix
Woe to him inside a non-conformist clique who does not conform to non-conformity. Eric Hoffer
Nonconformists travel as a rule in bunches. You rarely find a nonconformist who goes it alone. And woe to him inside a nonconformist clique who does not conform with nonconformity. Eric Hoffer
No radiant pearl which crested Fortune wears, No gem that twinkling hangs from Beauty’s ears, Not the bright stars which Night’s blue arch adorn, Nor rising suns that gild the vernal morn, Shine with such lustre as the tear that flows Down Virtue’s manly cheek for others’ woes. Erasmus Darwin
Don’t you worry about that, Mr. Adamsson. Why don’t you head back to Reykjavik and spend some of that extortionate fee you charged me for a couple of hours’ usage of your frankly third-rate restaurant and perhaps find a friendless tree stump to listen to your woes? Eoin Colfer