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

It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner that they hurt us by their crude violence, their absolute incoherence, their absurd want of meaning, their entire lack of style.

When any calamity has been suffered, the first thing to be remembered is how much has been escaped.

Tragedy is like strong acid -- it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.

One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon--instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.

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.

There is nothing more tragic than to find an individual bogged down in the length of life, devoid of breadth.

We participate in tragedy. At comedy we only look.

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.

The little word is has its tragedies: it marries and identifies different things with the greatest innocence; and yet no two are ever identical, and if therein lies the charm of wedding them and calling them one, therein too lies the danger.