History Quote by Bernard Williams

Tragedy is an imitation of a whole and complete action of some amplitude...Now a whole is that which has a beginning, a middle, and…

— Aristotle

Tragedy is a literary concept.

— David Hockney

A tragedy is the imitation of an action that is serious and also, as having magnitude, complete in itself . . . with incidents…

— Aristotle

A tragedy is a representation of an action that is whole and complete and of a certain magnitude. A whole is what has a…

— Aristotle

There is no tragedy, only the unavoidable. Everything has its reason for being: you only need to distinguish what is temporary from what is…

— Paulo Coelho

“In advising the heads of state to learn from tragedy rather than perpetuate its existence Robert Kennedy excalimed, "Tragedy is a tool for the…

— Megan Karasch

There is a misconception of tragedy with which I have been struck in review after review, and in many conversations with writers and readers…

— Arthur Miller

I think a tragedy is something where the natural order of things is completely interrupted and doesn't right itself.

— Patrick Marber

Tragedy is an imitation not only of a complete action, but of events inspiring fear and pity. Such an effect is best produced when…

— Aristotle

Tragedy occurs when a human soul awakes and seeks, in suffering and pain, to free itself from crime, violence, infamy, even at the cost…

— Whittaker Chambers

Sometimes what we call tragedy, at least in the theater, are really case histories. They're based on the central figure, and things happen to…

— Derek Walcott

Every civilization that has ever existed has ultimately collapsed. History is a tale of efforts that failed, or aspirations that weren’t realized . So,…

— Henry A. Kissinger