“Like tragedy, comedy warns against the dangers of pride, but its emphasis shifts from crime to stupidity.” — Kenneth Burke, Attitudes Toward History
Tag: tragedy
Quote of the Day
“It appears to me that the electric telegraph chiefly serves to convey the news of misfortune rapidly, inaccurately, abruptly, and partially. We have now the fifth act of the tragedy before we know anything of the preceding ones. Then, again, the system of telegraphing tends more and more to divide official men into two classes — idiots and madmen.” — Arthur Helps, Brevia
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“The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young.” — Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
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“History repeats itself, first as tragedy and then as farce.” — Lawrence Wilkerson, Only the Best People, The New Yorker (2018-05-21)
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“In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants and the other is getting it.” — Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere’s Fan
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“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 master calls a butterfly.” — Richard Bach, Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
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“The world is a comedy to those that think; a tragedy to those that feel.” — Horace Walpole, Letter to the Countess of Upper Ossory (1777-01-19)
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