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    There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

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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.

by Heywood C. Broun Found in: Tragedy Quotes,
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We participate in a tragedy; at a comedy we only look.

We participate in a tragedy; at a comedy we only look.

by Aldous Huxley Found in: Tragedy Quotes,
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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.

by Rabindranath Tagore Found in: Tragedy Quotes,
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Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless who know love's tragedies.

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless who know love's tragedies.

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I guess when your heart gets broken you sort of start to see cracks in everything. I'm convinced that tragedy read more

I guess when your heart gets broken you sort of start to see cracks in everything. I'm convinced that tragedy wants to harden us and our mission is never to let it.

by Plato Found in: Tragedy Quotes,
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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.

by Joyce Cary Found in: Tragedy Quotes,
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The world is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel.

The world is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel.

by Horace Walpole Found in: Tragedy Quotes,
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The worst tragedy that could have befallen me was my success. I knew right away that I was through - read more

The worst tragedy that could have befallen me was my success. I knew right away that I was through - cast out.

by Jonas Salk Found in: Tragedy Quotes,
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It's not the tragedies that kill us, it's the messes.

It's not the tragedies that kill us, it's the messes.

by Dorothy Parker Found in: Tragedy Quotes,
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