Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late

Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late

It is the tragedy of the world that no one knows what he doesn't know - and the less a read more

It is the tragedy of the world that no one knows what he doesn't know - and the less a man knows, the more sure he is that he knows everything.

It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner that they hurt us by read more

It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner that they hurt us by their crude violence, their absolute incoherence, their absurd want of meaning, their entire lack of style.

Grief is only the memory of widowed affections.

Grief is only the memory of widowed affections.

What right have I to grieve, who have not ceased to wonder?

What right have I to grieve, who have not ceased to wonder?

She was no longer wrestling with the grief, but could sit down with it as a lasting companion and make read more

She was no longer wrestling with the grief, but could sit down with it as a lasting companion and make it a sharer in her thoughts.

To be no part of any body, is to be nothing.

To be no part of any body, is to be nothing.

We participate in tragedy. At comedy we only look.

We participate in tragedy. At comedy we only look.

There are two tragedies in life: one is to lose your heart's desire, the other is to gain it.

There are two tragedies in life: one is to lose your heart's desire, the other is to gain it.