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Joseph Stalin:A single death is a tragedy, a

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A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic.
by Joseph Stalin


Mark Twain:The tragedy of old age is not that

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The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young.
by Mark Twain


James Branch Cabell:People marry through a

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People marry through a variety of other reasons, and with varying results; but to marry for love is to invite inevitable tragedy.
by James Branch Cabell


H.L. Mencken:The basic fact about human

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The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line.
by H.L. Mencken


Oscar Wilde:I suppose society is wonderfully

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I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tragedy.
by Oscar Wilde


William Faulkner:Our tragedy is a general and

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Our tragedy is a general and universal physical fear so long sustained by now that we can even bear it...the basest of all things is to be afraid.
by William Faulkner


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