1,113 Quotes About Tragedy

  • Author Ellen Page
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    There's obviously a lot of tragedy in comedy; I really enjoy the paradox of what a really good comedy is.

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  • Author Fernando Pessoa
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    There's something vile (and all the more vile because ridiculous) in the tendency of feeble men to make universal tragedies out of the sad comedies of their private woes.

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  • Author Pete du Pont
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    One of the tragedies of the Bush administration is that we went back to business as usual, make a deal with the Democrats, lets all be friends in Washington philosophy.

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  • Author Steve Perry
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    We have focused only on the negatives, and not enough on incredible stories of the human spirit and of rebirth and rebuilding. That's equally important as the tragedy.

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  • Author Terry Pratchett
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    Most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally evil, but by people being fundamentally people.

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  • Author Jean Racine
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    You who love wild passions, flee the holy austerity of my pleasures. All here breathes of God, peace and truth.

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  • Author Jim Rohn
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    Be sensitive to the plight of others. You have to know about the tragedies as well as the triumphs, the failures as well as the success.

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