Quotes with tragic

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  • Socrates The comic and the tragic lie inseparably close, like light and shadow.
    Socrates
    Greek philosopher (469 - 399)
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  • Ben Vereen The death of my daughter is a subject I talk about briefly because there is nothing more tragic.
    Ben Vereen
    American actor, dancer and singer (1946 - )
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  • Elizabeth Barrett Browning The Greeks said grandly in their tragic phrase, ''Let no one be called happy till his death;'' to which I would add, ''Let no one, till his death be called unhappy.''
    Elizabeth Barrett Browning
    English poet (1806 - 1861)
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  • Anne Sullivan Macy The immediate future is going to be tragic for all of us unless we find a way of making the vast educational resources of this country serve the true purpose of education, truth and justice.
    Anne Sullivan Macy
    American teacher (1866 - 1936)
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  • Arthur Henderson The more the history of the World War and what led up to it is studied, the more clearly those tragic years become revealed as a vast collapse of civilization.
    Arthur Henderson
    British Labour politician
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  • George Bernard Shaw The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Erich Fromm The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother's side, yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother, and to become fully independent.
    Erich Fromm
    German - American philosopher and psychologist (1900 - 1980)
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  • Bill Nelson The tragic case of Terri Schiavo in Florida highlights the importance of making our health-care wishes known.
    Bill Nelson
    American attorney and politician (1942 - )
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  • Florence King The witty woman is a tragic figure in American life. Wit destroys eroticism and eroticism destroys wit, so women must choose between taking lovers and taking no prisoners.
    Florence King
    American Author, Critic (1936 - 2016)
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  • Martin Luther King There is nothing more tragic than to find an individual bogged down in the length of life, devoid of breadth.
    Martin Luther King
    American preacher (1929 - 1968)
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  • Oscar Wilde There is something tragic about the enormous number of young men there are in England at the present moment who start life with perfect profiles, and end by adopting some useful profession.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Arnold Beisser Tragedy and comedy are but two aspects of what is real, and whether we see the tragic or the humorous is a matter of perspective.
    Arnold Beisser
    American psychiatrist (1925 - 1991)
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  • Barnett Newman We assert that the subject is crucial and only that subject matter is valid which is tragic and timeless. That is why we profess spiritual kinship with primitive and archaic art.
    Barnett Newman
    American artist (1905 - 1970)
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  • Alfred Jodl It is tragic that the Fuehrer should have the whole nation behind him with the single exception of the Army generals. In my opinion it is only by action that they can now atone for their faults of lack of character and discipline.
    Alfred Jodl
    German general and war criminal (1890 - 1946)
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