There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.
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There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.
Life is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel.
Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.
There was never yet an uninteresting life. Such a thing is an impossibility. Inside of the dullest exterior there is a drama, a comedy, and a tragedy.
Sin and grace, absence and presence, tragedy and comedy, they divide the world between them and where they meet head on, the Gospel happens.
The tragedy of life is in what dies inside a man while he lives - the death of genuine feeling, the death of inspired response, the awareness that makes it possible to feel the pain or the glory of other men in yourself.
What is comedy? Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke.
Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.
Satire is tragedy plus time. You give it enough time, the public, the reviewers will allow you to satirize it. Which is rather ridiculous, when you think about it.
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