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Tragic Quotes by Henry Adams
- Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic.
- Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents has been always tragic, chiefly as an almost indecent excitement at first, and a worse reaction afterwards; but…
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- Life is tragic simply because the earth turns and the sun inexorably rises and sets, and one day, for each of us,… — James A. Baldwin
- It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work - the… — Tallulah Bankhead
- Life is tragic but it's equally comic. — John Banville
- Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic. — Henry Adams
- I had - after I sang the 'Star Spangled Banner' so badly, after my tragic singing accident, after that, you know, all… — Roseanne Barr
- What may seem depressing or even tragic to one person may seem like an absolute scream to another person, especially if he… — Dave Barry
- I can't go on. I'll go on. — Samuel Beckett
- There is a tragic clash between Truth and the world. Pure undistorted truth burns up the world. — Nikolai Berdyaev
- I don't think Hamlet is mad, nor is he predisposed to be a gloomy or tragic figure. — Kenneth Branagh
- The Greeks said grandly in their tragic phrase, 'Let no one be called happy till his death;' to which I would add,… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- The refusal to acknowledge the scientific value of embryonic stem cell research is one more tragic misstep. — Lois Capps
- One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We… — Dale Carnegie