"Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, This is a misfortune but To bear this worthily is good fortune."

Aurelius, Marcus | Adversity | 1 bookmarks

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

Orwell, George | Tragedies | 3 bookmarks

"It's not the tragedies that kill us, it's the messes."

Parker, Dorothy | Tragedies | 1 bookmarks

"Laughter is ever young, whereas tragedy, except the very highest of all, quickly becomes haggard."

Sackville, Margaret | Tragedies | 1 bookmarks

"There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to get it."

Shaw, George Bernard | Tragedies | 1 bookmarks

"Tragedy delights by affording a shadow of the pleasure which exists in pain."

Shelley, Percy Bysshe | Tragedies | 2 bookmarks

"When you close your eyes to tragedy, you close your eyes to greatness."

Vizinczey, Stephen | Tragedies | 4 bookmarks

"This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel."

Walpole, Horace | Tragedies | 2 bookmarks

"In this world there are two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. The last is much the worst."

Wilde, Oscar | Tragedies | 2 bookmarks

"There are no tragedies, just facts not recognized in time."

Montapert, William D. | Tragedies | 2 bookmarks