Tragedy Quotes

Greek philosophy seems to have met with something with which a good tragedy is not supposed to meet, namely, a dull ending.

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

In the creation of comedy, it is paradoxical that tragedy stimulates the spirit of ridicule; because ridicule, I suppose is an attitude of defiance.

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.

There was never yet an uninteresting life. Such a thing is an impossibility. Inside of the dullest exterior there is a drama, a comedy, and a tragedy.

I must be gone and live, or stay and die.

Instead of weeping when a tragedy occurs in a songbird's life, it sings away its grief. I believe we could well follow the pattern of our feathered friends.

To remain as I am is impossible; I must die or be better, it seems to me.

The great tragedy of atheists is that they walk through this world and have no one to thank.