“The human comedy is always tragic, but since its ingredients are always the same - dupe, fox, straight, like burlesque skits - the repetition through the ages is comedy.” HumansAgeComedyTragicIngredientsFoxesRepetitionDupesBurlesqueSkit Book:The Diaries of Dawn Powell: 1931-1965 Source: The Diaries of Dawn Powell: 1931-1965
“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).” MenWarComedyDiseaseBasesTragedyGreedLustVanityHelplessnessWar And Death Book:The Diaries of Dawn Powell: 1931-1965 Source: The Diaries of Dawn Powell: 1931-1965
