"Comedy is tragedy revisited or hostility. It..." - Quote by Phyllis Diller
Comedy is tragedy revisited or hostility. It is mock hostility, of course, or it would be ugly; we would have a war.
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“For life is terribly deficient in form. Its catastrophes happen in the wrong way and to the wrong people. There is a grotesque horror about its comedies, and its tragedies seem to culminate in farce.”
“Friendship is far more tragic than love. It lasts longer.”
“Frequently my life has been likened to a Greek tragedy, and the actress in me cannot deny that comparison.”