Tragedy is like a strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.
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D H Lawwrence
It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in suchan inartistic manner that they hurt us by their crude violence, theirabsolute incoherence, their absurd want of meaning, their entire lackof style. They affect us just as vulgarity affects us. They give usan impression...
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Oscar Wilde
Come what come may, time and the hour run through the roughest day.
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William Shakespeare
The tragedy in a man’s life is what dies inside of him while he lives.
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Albert Schweitzer
Tragedy is when someone ends up dead. Everything else is just a bump in the road. For the record, that was something Daddy used to say.
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Gabrielle Zevin
More Quotes By Albert Schweitzer
Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.
There are two means of refuge from the misery of life – music and cats.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.
True philosophy must start from the most immediate and comprehensive fact of consciousness: 'I am life that wants to live, in the midst of life that wants to live
