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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

1666 William Shakespeare 1564-1616 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:1666
AUTHOR:William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
QUOTATION:One woe doth tread upon another’s heel,
So fast they follow. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Hamlet. Act iv. Sc. 7.  [text]
WORKS:William Shakespeare Collection.
 
Note 1.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.—Robert Herrick: Sorrows Succeed.

Woes cluster; rare are solitary woes;
They love a train, they tread each other’s heel.
Edward Young: Night Thoughts, night iii. line 63.

And woe succeeds to woe.—Alexander Pope: The Iliad, book xvi. line 139. [back]