"Tragedy is in the eye of the observer, and not in the heart of the sufferer."
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"If I could get the ear of every young man but for one word, it would be this: make the most and best of yourself. There is no tragedy like a wasted life--a life failing of its true end, and turned to a false end."
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"So many other things for us to see, Things to be, Our history so full of tragedy and misery."
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"Do your art. But don't wreck your art if it doesn't lend itself to paying the bills. That would be a tragedy."
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"All tragedies are finished bya death, All comedies are ended bya marriage; The future states of both are left to faith."
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"I'm a champion, so I turn tragedy to triumph."
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"I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tragedy."
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"For life is terribly deficient in form. Its catastrophes happen in the wrong way and to the wrong people. There is a grotesque horror about its comedies, and its tragedies seem to culminate in farce."
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"I am convinced that floods of personal disaster can never drown a determined revolutionary nor can the cumulus of misery that accompanies tragedy suffocate him."
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"People are drawn deeper into tragedy not by their defects but by their virtues."
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"Tragedy, he precieved, belonged to the ancient time, to a time when there were still privacy, love, and friendship, and when the members of a family stood by one another without needing to know the reason."
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"Neither our own passing nor the passing of an era is a tragedy, no matter how much we would like to think it is."
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"All my Calvaries were rosy crucifixions, pseudo-tragedies to keep the fires of hell burning brightly for the real sinners who are in danger of being forgotten."
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"Humor is tragedy plus time."
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"Although we are never glad when tragedy visits, we can be aware and seize the opportunity to do good in this world, even in the midst of tragedy."
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"The whole drama of the world is such tragedy that I am weary of the spectacle."
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"It will be one of the tragedies of Christian history if future historians record that at the height of the twentieth century the church was one of the greatest bulwarks of white supremacy."
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"Oh, the worst of all tragedies is not to die young, but to live until I am seventy five and yet not ever truly to have lived."
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"The institutions at the centre of capitalism are bigger than they've ever been, the pay is much greater, the ability of society to get its arms around it is much less. The political clout of the financial class is unbelievable. I'd say the story is darker than when I was there. When I was there it felt like a comedy - and now it feels more like a tragedy."
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"Nothing lasts forever. That's the tragedy and the miracle of existence - that everything is impermanent. Everything changes. All we can do is make the best of the time we have. And go down shooting, naturally."
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