#tragedy

For what else is tragedy, but the sufferings of men, bewildered by their admiration of external things, represented in proper verse?

The comic and the tragic lie alongside each other; he who knows how to write the one should also know how to write the other.

Tragedy is an imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude, through pity and fear effecting the catharsis of such emotions.

He may turn a personal tragedy into a triumph; he may turn his predicament into a human achievement.

Through humor, the soul reclaims its dignity even in the shadow of tragedy.