A world where a majority had imbibed the lessons implicit within tragic art would be one in which … - Alain de Botton

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Sinks my sad soul with sorrow to the grave.

Alain de Botton

A world where a majority had imbibed the lessons implicit within tragic art would be one in which the consequences of our failures would necessarily cease to weigh upon us so heavily.

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