Greek Tragedy Quotes

Greek Tragedy Quote of the day

We all know what tragedy is. "Yes, I'd rather not have any more tragedy, please. I'll have comedy, please." Comedy, in the Greek sense, only means that it has a happy ending.

Hero, ” said Machaon to his sister who was still muttering to her gods. “Please stop. Surely the gods would have heard you by now … let’s try not to annoy them.

Let's stop kidding ourselves that Greek debt is the Euro's key problem. With Greece gone, who's next ?

[A]s Agatha Swanburne once said, 'To be kept waiting is unfortunate, but to be kept waiting with nothing interesting to read is a tragedy of Greek proportions.

Of all creatures that can feel and think, we women are the worst treated things alive

I'd three times sooner go to war than suffer childbirth once.

Mortal fate is hard. You'd best get used to it.

Old loves are dropped when new ones come

Not too little, not too much: there safety lies.

Who can stop grief's avalanche once it starts to roll.

In childbirth grief begins.

Better a humble heart, a lowly life. Untouched by greatness let me live - and live. Not too little, not too much: there safety lies.