The greatest tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love. — W. Somerset Maugham
The greatest tragedy in the history of Christianity was neither the Crusades — Hans Urs von Balthasar
The greatest tragedy that can befall a poet is to be praised by being misunderstood. — Pattiann Rogers
Life has taught me that the greatest tragedy is not to die too soon but to live too long. — Ellen Glasgow