Famous quotes containing the word tragic:
“It’s a tragic irony. The sick stayed well and the healthy became blind.”
—Philip Yordan (b. 1913)
“Yea, this man’s brow, like to a title-leaf,
Foretells the nature of a tragic volume.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“The difference between farce and humour in literature is, I suppose, that farce strums louder and louder on one string, while humour varies its note, changes its key, grows and spreads and deepens until it may indeed reach tragic depths.”
—V.S. (Victor Sawdon)