The only real sadness, the only real failure, the only great tragedy in life, is not to become a saint. — Leon Bloy Copy Share Image
“The only real sadness, the only real failure, the only great tragedy in life, is not to become a saint.”7 As” — Rod Dreher Copy Share Image
“Rather than a great tragedy, the fall of Rome was the single most beneficial event in the rise of Western civilization.” — Rodney Stark Copy Share Image
“The gods we ourselves have created ruled us for centuries! What a great comedy! And what a great tragedy!” — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
If you don't win, it's not a great tragedy - the worst that happens is that you lose a game. — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
The great tragedy of atheists is that they walk through this world and have no one to thank. — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Risk is the inevitable product of liberty - and it's responsible not only for great tragedy, but also great triumph. — Tony Snow Copy Share Image
It really seems to me that in the midst of great tragedy, there is always the horrible possibility that something terribly funny… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
“This is the great tragedy of love—even if you are lucky enough to stumble on it, it never lasts. Every young person… — Hannah Mary Rothschild Copy Share Image
The great tragedy of life is not that people set their sights too high and fail to achieve their goals but that… — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
Tragedy and comedy are simply questions of value; a little misfit in life makes us laugh; a great one is tragedy and… — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
It is one of history's great tragedies that American conservatism, born in part in resistance to Soviet torture, should end by endorsing… — Andrew Sullivan Copy Share Image
One can relish the varied idiocy of human action during a panic to the full, for, while it is a time of… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
The histories which we have of the great tragedy give no idea of the general wretchedness, the squalid misery, which entered into… — Rebecca Harding Davis Copy Share Image
I think it would be a great tragedy to devote medical resources and genetic technological breakthroughs to purposes that are not to… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
Loving someone has great benefits. There is admiration, learning, attraction and something which, for the want of a better word, we call… — Adrian Tan Copy Share Image
One of the great tragedies we witness almost daily is the tragedy of men of high aim and low achievement. Their motives… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
“Ten million dead. Gas. Passchendaele. Let that be now a large figure, now a chemical formula, now an historical account. But dear… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
This must be a world of democracy and respect for human rights, a world freed from the horrors of poverty, hunger, deprivation… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
It is a great tragedy when those who are afflicted with adversity or a source of hopelessness turn their backs on prayer.… — David S. Baxter Copy Share Image
The great tragedy is that they're removing art completely, not because they're putting more science in, but because they can't afford the… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Today the guns are silent. A great tragedy has ended. A great victory has been won. The skies no longer rain with… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
The greatest tragedy in America is not the destruction of our natural resources, though that tragedy is great. The truly great tragedy… — Oliver Wendell Holmes Copy Share Image
It is always a great honour to mention a truth which has not become widespread yet. One of these truths is that… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
A great tragedy passes from crest to hollow of passion, rises and sinks again, as rhythmically as sea-waves. — Austin O'Malley Copy Share Image
It is in times of great tragedy when the true spirit of our wonderful country unites as one. — Jim Gerlach Copy Share Image
Wind and words. We are only human, and the gods have fashioned us for love. That is our great glory, and our… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Few of the great tragedies of history were created by the village idiot, and many by the village genius. — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
One of the great tragedies in human life is to be born a male and not be guided toward the value of… — Michael Gurian Copy Share Image
Well, I think the great tragedy in American politics is what is legal, not what is illegal. — Jack Abramoff Copy Share Image
It's the great tragedy - people employed in ways that don't fully tap everything they do best in life. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I see the collapse of the Soviet Union as a great tragedy of the XX century. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Modern day slavery is the great tragedy of our time and the U.S. cannot turn a blind eye to it on our… — Mark Meadows Copy Share Image
The great tragedy of the average man is that he goes to his grave with his music still in him. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
