Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

Wo man singet, lass dich ruhig nieder, / Ohne Furcht, was man am Lande glaubt; / Wo man singet wird kein Mensch beraubt; / Bösewichter haben keine Lieder—Where people sing, there quietly settle, never fearing what may be the belief of the people of the land. Where people sing, nobody will be robbed. Bad people have no songs. Seume.

Wo viel Freiheit, ist viel Irrthum—Where there is much freedom there is much error. Schiller.

Wo viel Licht ist, ist starker Schatten—The shadow is deeper where the light is strong. Goethe.

Wo viel zu wagen ist, ist viel zu wägen—Where 15 there is much to risk, there is much to consider. Platen.

Woe does the heavier sit / Where it perceives it is but faintly borne. Rich. II., i. 3.

Woe, that too late repents. King Lear, i. 4.

Woe to every sort of culture which destroys the most effectual means of all true culture, and directs us to the end, instead of rendering us happy on the way. Goethe.

Woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. Bible.

Woe to that land that's govern'd by a child. 20 Rich. III., ii. 3.

Woe unto him that is never alone, and cannot bear to be alone. Hamerton.