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

The tragedy of this world is that no one is happy, whether stuck in a time of pain or of joy. The tragedy of this world is that everyone is alone. For a life in the past cannot be shared with the present. Each person who gets stuck in time gets stuck alone.

If a person holds no ambitions in this world, he suffers unknowingly. If a person holds ambitions, he suffers knowingly, but very slowly.

The tragedy is not that humanity's violent by nature; the tragedy is that we know we are and are capable of changing; but don't.

The most practical way to become famous is to survive a major tragedy.

The human comedy is always tragic, but since its ingredients are always the same—dupe, fox, straight, like burlesque skits—the repetition through the ages is comedy.