of Tragedy
Source: Webster's dictionaryIn 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. Oscar Wilde
There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it. George Bernard Shaw
Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts between two rights. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
All love affairs are tragedies in the end unless the lovers die at the same moment. Katharine Kerr
Tragedies are always discussed as if they took place in a void, but actually each tragedy is conditioned by its setting, local and global. The events of 11 September 2001 are not exception. Tariq Ali
My mother wanted us to understand that the tragedies of your life one day have to potential to be the comic stories the next. Nora Ephron