Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically. (D. H. Lawrence)

Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically.

D. H. Lawrence

Related topics

age refuse take

Related quotes

In a distant age and climate, the tragic scene of the death of Husein will awaken the sympathy of the coldest reader. View quote
Husayn ibn Ali
After all, no one is ever taken in by the happy ending, but we are often divinely fuddled by the tragic curtain. View quote
Lionel Trilling
In a distant age and climate, the tragic scene of the death of Hosein will awaken the sympathy of the coldest reader. View quote
Edward Gibbon
Before old age I took care to live well; in old age I take care to die well; but to die well is to die willingly. View quote
Seneca
What's a man's age? He must hurry more, that's all; Cram in a day, what his youth took a year to hold. View quote
Robert Browning