--- title: "8 Real Tragedies Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 8 Real Tragedies quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Real Tragedies sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/476/john-powell-12850_death_there-are-only-two-potential-tragedies-i_262297.png" --- > [There are only two potential tragedies in life, and dying young isn't one of them. These are the two real tragedies: If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-powell/there-are-only-two-potential-tragedies-in-life-and-dying-young-isn-t/) [John Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/476/john-powell-12850_death_there-are-only-two-potential-tragedies-i_262297.png) > [“It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner that they hurt us by their crude…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/it-often-happens-that-the-real-tragedies-of-life-occur-in-such-an/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a9/oscar-wilde-16_art_it-often-happens-that-the-real-tragedies_703340.jpg) > [It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner that theyhurt us by their crude violence,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-often-happens-that-the-real-tragedies-of-life-occur-in-such-an-2/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b5/anonymous-1_life_it-often-happens-that-the-real-tragedies_1134152.jpg) > [“It is at the family fireside, often under the shelter of the law itself, that the real tragedies of life are acted;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mile-gaboriau/it-is-at-the-family-fireside-often-under-the-shelter-of-the-law/) [Émile Gaboriau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mile-gaboriau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/521/mile-gaboriau-29402_family_it-is-at-the-family-fireside-often-under_1273612.jpg) > [“You can look at my life and say there’ve been some real tragedies, and there have been. But there’ve also been some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-bass/you-can-look-at-my-life-and-say-there-ve-been-some-real-tragedies-and/) [Ellen Bass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-bass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01e/ellen-bass-18832_beauty_you-can-look-at-my-life-and-say-there-ve_1756097.jpg) > [“The real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner that they hurt us by their crude violence, their absolute incoherence,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-real-tragedies-of-life-occur-in-such-an-inartistic-manner-that/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e3/oscar-wilde-16_life_the-real-tragedies-of-life-occur-in-such_1821305.jpg) > [It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner that they hurt us by their crude…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/it-often-happens-that-the-real-tragedies-of-life-occur-in-such-an-3/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbb/oscar-wilde-16_absurd_it-often-happens-that-the-real-tragedies_2842228.jpg) > [“To me there is not only right or wrong but many shades in between...The real tragedies in life are not in choices…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-kissinger/to-me-there-is-not-only-right-or-wrong-but-many-shades-in-between-the/) [Henry Kissinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-kissinger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bf/henry-kissinger-5357_black-and-white_to-me-there-is-not-only-right-or-wrong-b_3047439.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/real-tragedies/#itemlist", "name": "Real Tragedies Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There are only two potential tragedies in life, and dying young isn't one of them. 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