Tragedy Quotes

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On the golf course, a man may be the dogged victim of inexorable fate, be struck down by an appalling stroke of tragedy, become the… — Bobby Jones
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 art teachers or… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
When men are oppressed, it's a tragedy. When women are oppressed, it's tradition. — Letty Cottin Pogrebin
A look which reveals inward stress adds more beauty to the face, no matter how much tragedy and pain it bespeaks; but the face which,… — Khalil Gibran
Today the guns are silent. A great tragedy has ended. A great victory has been won. The skies no longer rain with death - the… — Douglas MacArthur
There has been considerable comment over the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to a soldier. I am afraid this does not seem as remarkable… — George C. Marshall
The tragedy of war is that it uses man's best to do man's worst. — Harry Emerson Fosdick
The tragedy is that so many have ambition and so few have ability — William Feather
That small circle of earth became a second home to both of us. Gardening boring? Never! It has surprise, tragedy, startling developments - a soap… — Paul Fleischman
Whenever we confront an unbridled desire we are surely in the presence of a tragedy-in-the-making. — Quentin Crisp
Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt. — Clarence Darrow
To see a man beaten not by a better opponent but by himself is a tragedy. — Cus D'Amato
You can be sure that the American spirit will prevail over this tragedy. — Colin Powell
In tragedy great men are more truly great than in history. We see them only in the crises which unfold them. — Napoleon Bonaparte
It is sad but true that sometimes we need the tragedy to help us to see how human we are and how we are more… — Maya Angelou
How can we help students to understand that the tragedy of life is not death; the tragedy is to die with commitments undefined and convictions… — Vachel Lindsay
In tragedy every moment is eternity; in comedy, eternity is a moment. — Christopher Fry
Strideth over all mountains, and laugheth at all tragedies — Friedrich Nietzsche
The greatest tragedy in life is not death; the greatest tragedy takes place when our talents and capabilities are underutilized and allowed to rust while… — Mata Amritanandamayi
Some of the critics viewed Vietnam as a morality play in which the wicked must be punished before the final curtain and where any attempt… — Henry A. Kissinger

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