#woe

Woe, woe, woe... in a little while we shall all be dead. Therefore let us behave as though we were dead already. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#behave #dead #let us #little #shall

A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world. ↗

— John Updike

#few #few men #foolish #goodness #hence

In recounting our woes, we often soothe them. ↗

— Pierre Corneille

#our #recounting #soothe #them #woes

Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn. ↗

— Will Durant

#him #learn #men #teaches #than

Everyday do one thing to move you in the direction of your dreams. ↗

— Carolyn Edwards

#empowerment #empowerment-of-woem #inspiration #self-help #dreams

In America the majority raises formidable barriers around the liberty of opinion; within these barriers an author may write what he pleases, but woe to him if he goes beyond them. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#around #author #barriers #beyond #formidable

I sit there pouring out my woes year after year, coming up with one enormity after another about my mother and the way she let me down; but it doesn't make me any the less fearful. ↗

— Lars von Trier

#after #another #any #coming #down

Indeed, the woes of Software Engineering are not due to lack of tools, or proper management, but largely due to lack of sufficient technical competence. ↗

— Niklaus Wirth

#due #engineering #indeed #lack #largely

After a decade this glum, we deserved a shot of 'Glee,' a show that restored our faith in the power of song, the beauty of dance, and the magic of 'spirit fingers' to chase our cares and woes into somebody else's backyard. ↗

— James Wolcott

#backyard #beauty #cares #chase #dance

The house of laughter makes a house of woe. ↗

— Edward Young

#laughter #makes #woe