A Quote by Pattiann Rogers
The greatest tragedy that can befall a poet is to be praised by being misunderstood.
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The greatest tragedy to befall a person is to have sight but lack vision.
The greatest tragedy that can befall a person is the atrophy of his mind.
I lost my sleep, and this is the greatest tragedy that can befall someone. It is much worse than sitting in prison.
We are what we imagine. Our very existence consists in our imagination of ourselves. Our best destiny is to imagine, at least, completely, who and what, and that we are. The greatest tragedy that can befall us is to go unimagined.
The greatest tragedy in life is not death; the greatest tragedy takes place when our talents and capabilities are underutilized and allowed to rust while we are living.
The greatest tragedy in life is not death. The greatest tragedy is to be alive and not know why
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When most of the greatest individuals in history were misunderstood and you've spent so much of your own adult life misunderstood, you can't help but believe that the majority of people know very little worth knowing.
Most of the things I do are misunderstood. Hey, after all, being misunderstood is the fate of all true geniuses, is it not?
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A lot of tragedy can befall us, but there's always something else; there's always hope.
What is a defeat? It is just a good opportunity to make a new start, nothing else! Defeat is by no means a tragedy, but to consider it as a tragedy is in fact the greatest tragedy! In your every defeat, you must know that the paths of the victory never disappear; try those roads again!
I'm willing to be misunderstood. I've never had a problem being misunderstood by a portion of people on any particular issue if it makes for that much more of a special experience for those who understand.
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