Tragedy is restful: and the reason is that hope, that foul, deceitful thing, has no part in it.
The essence of a tragedy, or even of a serious play, is the spiritual awakening, or regeneration, of the hero.
Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.
The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals.