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.

We participate in tragedy. At comedy we only look.

We participate in tragedy. At comedy we only look.

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.

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.

Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live.

Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live.

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.

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

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

There are no tragedies, just facts not recognized in time.

There are no tragedies, just facts not recognized in time.