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“The oppressive weight of disaster and tragedy in our lives does not arise from a high percentage of evil among the summed total of all acts, but from the extraordinary power of exceedingly rare incidents of depravity to inflict catastrophic damage, especially in our technological age when airplanes can become powerful bombs. (An even more evil man, armed only with a longbow, could not have wreaked such havoc at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415.)”

Men Doe Age Evil Powerful Our Lives Battle Weight Tragedy Extraordinary Disaster Arise Damage Bombs Airplane Technological Percentages Incidents Depravity Havoc Evil Man

Author:Stephen Jay Gould

“The Battle of Waterloo is a work of art with tension and drama with its unceasing change from hope to fear and back again, changewhich suddenly dissolves into a moment of extreme catastrophe, a model tragedy because the fate of Europe was determined within this individual fate.”

Art Moments Individual History Fate Drama Battle Models Europe Tragedy Extremes Determined Tension Works Of Art Catastrophe Back Again Waterloo

Author:Stefan Zweig

“The tragedy of preparedness has scarcely been handled, save by the Greeks. Life is indeed dangerous, but not in the way morality would have us believe. It is indeed unmanageable, but the essence of it is not a battle. It is unmanageable because it is a romance, and its essence is romantic beauty.”

Way Believe Romance Life Is Dangerous Morality Battle Essence Tragedy Greek Preparedness Howards End

Book:Delphi Collected Works of E. M. Forster (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Collected Works of E. M. Forster (Illustrated)

“Tragedy and adversary are the stones we sharpen our swords against so we can fight new battles.”

Fighting Battle Stones Tragedy Adversaries

Author:Sherrilyn Kenyon