A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic.

A tragedy means always a man's struggle with that which is stronger than man.

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does, and that is his.

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

In every tragedy, an element of comedy is preserved. Comedy is just tragedy reversed.

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.

The greater the love, the greater the tragedy when it's over.

We are citizens of the world. The tragedy of our times is that we do not know this.