Tragedy Quotes

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A tragedy is a representation of an action that is whole and complete and of a certain magnitude. A whole is what has a beginning… — Aristotle
The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the… — Richard Bach
Having experienced personally and through my family the tragedy of Chile is something always present in my memory. I do not want events of that… — Michelle Bachelet
Discrimination due to age is one of the great tragedies of modern life. The desire to work and be useful is what makes life worth… — Johnny Ball
It is a quiet and peaceful place - and a fitting place for the remains of this greatest of sea tragedies to rest. — Robert Ballard
The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals. — Edward Abbey
All art at a certain level is entertainment. We go to a tragedy by Sophocles to be entertained. — John Banville
The tragedy of life and of the world is not that men do not know God; the tragedy is that, knowing Him, they still insist… — William Barclay
That is the great mistake about the affections. It is not the rise and fall of empires, the birth and death of kings, or the… — Amelia Barr
All writers are liars. They twist events to suit themselves. They make use of their own tragedies to make a better story... They are terrible… — Nina Bawden
Ever since the Greek tragedies, artists have, from time to time, asked themselves how they might influence ongoing political events. — John Berger
I can't go on. I'll go on. — Samuel Beckett
I find the female tragedy of insecurity to be hilarious. We get obsessed over issues like the tiny skin tags on our backs or that… — Lake Bell
When people divorce, it's always such a tragedy. At the same time, if people stay together it can be even worse. — Monica Bellucci
We, therefore, here in Britain stand shoulder to shoulder with our American friends in this hour of tragedy, and we, like them, will not rest… — Tony Blair
Look, we live in a very dangerous world. We know there are people who want to take away our freedoms. New Yorkers probably know that… — Michael Bloomberg
There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt. — Erma Bombeck
The Greeks said very, very extreme things in their tragedies. — Edward Bond
To endure the cross is not tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance to Jesus Christ. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Few people even scratch the surface, much less exhaust the contemplation of their own experience. — Randolph Bourne

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