#woe

Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning! It is indeed by so doing that we can say the letter kills and the spirit gives life. ↗

— Voltaire

#every #gives #indeed #kills #letter

Be ignorance thy choice, where knowledge leads to woe. ↗

— James Beattie

#ignorance #knowledge #leads #thy #where

Coming generations will learn equality from poverty, and love from woes. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#coming #generations #learn #love #poverty

Besides, wouldn't it be wonderful if no one ever had to worry about the random cruelty of fatal illness or the woes of old age attacking them or their loved ones? ↗

— Joan D. Vinge

#age #attacking #besides #cruelty #ever

No doubt the artist is the child of his time; but woe to him if he is also its disciple, or even its favorite. ↗

— Friedrich Schiller

#artist #child #disciple #doubt #even

Who would have listened to his tales of woe when his love was the flickering lamp over his own decaying tomb? ↗

— Faraaz Kazi

#sad #sad-love #tragic #woe #love

Love is like whoa! Actually, it's closer to woe. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#humor #love #woe #age

King Solomon's life reminds me of wisdom, wealth, women, woes. ↗