Sorrows

Famous quotes containing the word sorrows:

“Whoever, fleeing marriage and the sorrows that women cause, does not wish to wed comes to a deadly old age.”
—Hesiod (c. 8th century B.C.)

“Drowning one’s sorrows in drink only makes them worse.”
—Chinese proverb.

“But whoever gives birth to useless children, what would you say of him except that he has bred sorrows for himself, and furnishes laughter for his enemies.”
—Sophocles (497–406/5 B.C.)