“The tragedy of tragedies is that man continues to live in poverty when he might have riches, in weakness when he might have strength, in sorrow when he might have joy, in despair when he might have hope.”

Source: Something More, A Consideration of the Vast, Undeveloped Resources of Life (1920), p. 75

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American clergyman 1890–1957

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Jean de La Bruyère book Les Caractères

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“Who ne'er knew joy but friendship might divide,
Or gave his father grief but when he died.”

Alexander Pope (1688–1744) eighteenth century English poet

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“The tragedy of a man is greater when he gives it up.”

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La tragedia del hombre es mayor cuando se la deja caer.
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“Though it might be nice to imagine there once was a time when man lived in harmony with nature, it’s not clear that he ever really did.”

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“We have to actually choose a name," Kane murmured above her head. "We can't keep calling him 'baby.' When he's fifteen he might resent it.”

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“Man, it was a good thing he fought like a nasty bastard or he might have been taken for a nancy.”

Jessica Bird (1969) U.S. novelist

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“He was a worried man (I'm stretching the term a bit here, I know. By now, in his mid to late teens, he might just about have passed for a man. When seen from behind. At a distance. On a very dark night).”

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“In our weakness, His strength is ours. In our conflicts, His victories are ours. In our bereavements and sorrows, His grace is ours. He had not where to lay His weary head, that we might have His bosom on which to lean our fevered brows. He endured the cross, and despised the shame, that, instead of weeping and wailing, we might share His immortal blessedness.”

Richard Fuller (minister) (1804–1876) United States Baptist minister

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 246.

“The tragedy of tragedies is that man continues to live in poverty when he might have riches, in weakness when he might have strength, in sorrow when he might have joy, in despair when he might have hope.”

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