Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old widow quotes, widow sayings, and widow proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.
Widowers marry again because it makes their lives easier. Widows often don't, because it makes their lives harder. Siri Hustvedt
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I should say, one of the things about being a widow or a widower, you really, really need a sense of humor, because everything's going to fall apart.Joyce Carol Oates
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Widows are divided into two classes — the bereaved and relieved.Victor Robinson
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A widow is a fascinating being with the flavor of maturity, the spice of experience, the piquancy of novelty, the tang of practiced coquetry, and the halo of one man's approval.Helen Rowland
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Rich widows are the only secondhand goods that sell at first-class prices.Benjamin Franklin
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It is easier for a woman to be a good wife than a good mother. A widow has two duties with contrary obligations: she is a mother and she must exercise paternal authority. Few woman are strong enough to understand and to play this role.Honoré de Balzac
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It is better to be the widow of a hero than the wife of a coward.Dolores Ibarruri
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The comfortable estate of widowhood is the only hope that keeps up a wife's spirits.John Gay
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I hosted a funeral today. He was my husband. I should be sad but I'm relieved. I was a wife of an alcoholic and now I'm a widow of a cancer patient.Ilajna
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She is a left over then, she is a left over now. Transition from being a divorcee to a widow helped her earn some respect in the society.Kazuya Gordo
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The real hero is the widow who garlands his photo frame with the same spirit that she showed while exchanging it on their wedding day..Miwyanka
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Colourless clothes, colourless world, and colourful pictures. Widow's life.Chahak Muryani
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Drying a widow's tears is one of the most dangerous occupations known to man.DOROTHY DIX
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Widow is a harsh and hurtful word. It comes from the Sanskrit and it means empty. I have been empty too long. Lynn Caine
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One can with dignity be wife and widow but once.Joseph Joubert
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Widows are far better than brides. They don't tell, they won't yell, they don't swell, they rarely smell, and they're grateful as hell.Robert A. Heinlein
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A widow's refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope.Samuel Richardson
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For many women, becoming a widow does not just mean the heartache of losing a husband, but often losing everything else as well.Cherie Blair
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May a man live well-enough and long-enough, to leave many joyful widows behind him.Roman Payne