The tragedy of human life consists in our vain attempts to stretch the limits of things which can never become read more

The tragedy of human life consists in our vain attempts to stretch the limits of things which can never become unlimited, to reach the infinite by absurdly adding to the rungs of the ladder of the finite.

Pain hardens, and great pain hardens greatly, whatever the comforters say, and suffering does not ennoble, though it may occasionally read more

Pain hardens, and great pain hardens greatly, whatever the comforters say, and suffering does not ennoble, though it may occasionally lend a certain rigid dignity of manner to the suffering frame.

What the American public wants in the theater is a tragedy with a happy ending.

What the American public wants in the theater is a tragedy with a happy ending.

Those who are faithless know the pleasures of love; it is the faithful who know love's tragedies.

Those who are faithless know the pleasures of love; it is the faithful who know love's tragedies.

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.

Grief is only the memory of widowed affections.

Grief is only the memory of widowed affections.

The tragedy of life is not that man loses, but that he almost wins.

The tragedy of life is not that man loses, but that he almost wins.

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

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

Since grief only aggravates your loss, grieve not for what is past.

Since grief only aggravates your loss, grieve not for what is past.