Quote of Jean Racine - A tragedy need not have blood...
Biography - Jean Racine:
French dramatist.
Born: 1639 - Died: 1699
Period:
17th century
Place of birth: France
Born: 1639 - Died: 1699
Period:
17th century
Place of birth: France
A tragedy need not have blood and death it's enough that it all be filled with that majestic sadness that is the pleasure of tragedy.
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Quotes about death:
Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.
Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death.
A free man thinks of nothing less than of death, and his wisdom is a meditation, not on death, but on life.
Quotes about tragedy:
In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.
Fables should be taught as fables, myths as myths, and miracles as poetic fantasies. To teach superstitions as truths is a most terrible thing. The child mind accepts and believes them, and only through great pain and perhaps tragedy can he be in after years relieved of them.
Quotes for: Sadness
Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.
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