There is no simple explanation for anything important any of us do, and the human tragedy, or the human irony, consists in the necessity of living with the consequences of actions performed under the pressure of compulsions so obscure we do not and cannot understand them.

Hugh MacLennan

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

George Bernard Shaw

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All those who try to unveil the mysteries always have tragic lives. At the end they are always punished.

Anaïs Nin

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Actions are the first tragedy in life, words are the second. Words are perhaps the worst. Words are merciless. . .

Oscar Wilde

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Young men's love then lies not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes.

William Shakespeare

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For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo.

William Shakespeare

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The tragedy of this world is that no one is happy, whether stuck in a time of pain or joy.

Alan Lightman

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The tragedy of this world is that everyone is alone. For a life in the past cannot be shared with the present.

Alan Lightman

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A darkness different from Ember's, but just as frightening...

Jeanne DuPrau

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What give all that is tragic, whatever its form, the characteristic of the sublime, is the first inkling of the knowledge that the world and life can give no satisfaction, and are not worth our investment in them. The tragic spirit consists in this. Accordingly it leads to resignation.

Arthur Schopenhauer

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