Quote by Jacques Barzun
Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy. - Jacques Bar

Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy. – Jacques Barzun

Other quotes by Jacques Barzun

Tennis belongs to the individualistic past – a hero, or at most a pair of friends or lovers, against the world. – Jacques Barzun

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Tennis
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In any assembly the simplest way to stop transacting business and split the ranks is to appeal to a principal. – Jacques Barzun

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Principles
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Other Quotes from
Tragedy
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The true end of tragedy is to purify the passions. – Aristotle

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Tragedy

What would be left of our tragedies if an insect were to present us his? – E. M. Cioran

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Tragedy

Tragedy on the stage is no longer enough for me, I shall bring it into my own life. – Antonin Artaud

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Tragedy

What quarrel, what harshness, what unbelief in each other can subsist in the presence of a great calamity, when all the artificial vesture of our life is gone, and we are all one with each other in primitive mortal needs? – George Eliot

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Tragedy

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If women didnt exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning. – Aristotle Onassis

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When we shoot 24, there are so many things I have to worry about, from the script to technical things to my performance, that I dont have a second to be bored or take anything for granted. We produce 24 hours of film a season, which is like making 12 movies. – Kiefer Sutherland

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When the sun comes up, I have morals again. – Elayne Boosler

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funny

No one remains quite what he was when he recognizes himself. – Thomas Mann

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