Ass Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

The English Writers of Tragedy are possessed with a Notion, that when they represent a virtuous or innocent Person in Distress, they ought not…

— Joseph Addison

The suffering and calamity are, moreover, exceptional. They befall a conspicuous person. They are themselves of some striking kind. They are also, as a…

— A. C. Bradley

A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which…

— George Orwell

O! useful may it be to have shewn, that, though the vicious can sometimes pour affliction upon the good, their power is transient and…

— Ann Radcliffe

The suffering of a soul that can suffer greatly -- that and only that, is tragedy.

— Edith Hamilton

What give all that is tragic, whatever its form, the characteristic of the sublime, is the first inkling of the knowledge that the world…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.

— Oscar Wilde

Definition of tragedy: A hero destroyed by the excess of his virtues

— Aristotle

“Misery is manifold. The wretchedness of earth is multiform. Overreaching the wide horizon as the rainbow, its hues are as various as the hues…

— Edgar Allan Poe

“The great source of both the misery and disorders of human life, seems to arise from over-rating the difference between one permanent situation and…

— Adam Smith

“Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom. ‘All men make mistakes,’ said the ancient Greek Sophocles. ‘But a good man yields…

— Ken Follett

“And the self concern which is our torment, whether we know it or not, must find an antidote when we let our imagination stray…

— Julie Summers