Quotes with tragedy-in-the-making

Quotes 661 till 666 of 666.

  • Andre Breton No rules exist, and examples are simply life-savers answering the appeals of rules making vain attempts to exist.
    Andre Breton
    French writer (1896 - 1966)
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  • Ludwig Wittgenstein Our civilization is characterized by the word ''progress.'' Progress is its form rather than making progress being one of its features. Typically it constructs. It is occupied with building an ever more complicated structure. And even clarity is sought only
    Ludwig Wittgenstein
    Austrian - English philosopher (1889 - 1951)
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  • Ambrose Bierce Telephone. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance.
    Ambrose Bierce
    American writer (1842 - 1914)
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  • Heywood Broun The tragedy of life is not that a man loses, but that he almost wins.
    Heywood Broun
    American Journalist, Novelist (1888 - 1939)
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  • Thomas Fuller Thou ought to be nice, even to superstition, in keeping thy promises, and therefore equally cautious in making them.
    Thomas Fuller
    English preacher and writer (1608 - 1661)
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  • Ludwig Wittgenstein You get tragedy where the tree, instead of bending, breaks.
    Ludwig Wittgenstein
    Austrian - English philosopher (1889 - 1951)
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