The bad end unhappily; the good, unluckily. That is what tragedy means.

Tom Stoppard
Some Similar Quotes
  1. Weeping is not the same thing as crying. It takes your whole body to weep, and when it's over, you feel like you don't have any bones left to hold you up. - Sarah Ockler

  2. There is a saying in Tibetan, 'Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.' No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that's our real disaster. - Dalai Lama Xiv

  3. There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it. - George Bernard Shaw

  4. The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think. - Horace Walpole

  5. Life is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel. - Jean Racine

More Quotes By Tom Stoppard
  1. It is a defect of God's humor that he directs our hearts everywhere but to those who have a right to them.

  2. I am not my body. My body is nothing without me.

  3. Be happy -- if you're not even happy, what's so good about surviving?

  4. Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

  5. We're actors – we're the opposite of people!

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