True tragedy may be defined as a dramatic work in which the outward failure of the principal personage is compensated for by the dignity and greatness of his character.

Joseph Wood Krutch
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  1. Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are a subject to a good many different ailments, but I have never heard of one who has suffered from insomnia.

  2. Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude.

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  4. The most serious charge which can be brought against New England is not Puritanism but February.

  5. Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want.

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