“The tragedy is not that things are broken. The tragedy is that things are not mended again.”
Alan Paton (1903–1988) South African writer and activist
Source: Cry, The Beloved Country
The Glenn Beck Program
Premiere Radio Networks
2005-08-15
2000s
“The tragedy is not that things are broken. The tragedy is that things are not mended again.”
Alan Paton (1903–1988) South African writer and activist
Source: Cry, The Beloved Country
Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest
Algernon, Act I.
Variant: All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That’s his.
Source: The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)
“You can’t pay for tragedy with more tragedy, or draw life from death.” “I”
Cassandra Clare book Lady Midnight
Source: Lady Midnight
“Farce may often border on tragedy; indeed, farce is nearer tragedy in its essence than comedy is.”
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) English poet, literary critic and philosopher
20 August 1833
Table Talk (1821–1834)
Mel Brooks (1926) American director, writer, actor, and producer
The 2,000 Year Old Man (and sequels)
Variant: Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.