“The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).”
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The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
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Satire is people as they are; romanticism, people as they would like to be; realism, people as they seem with their insides left out.
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A capacity for going overboard is a requisite for a full-grown mind.
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