There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart’s desire. The other is to get it.
George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright and critic
Man and Superman, Act 4 [Mendoza] (1903)
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See Wilde, eleven years earlier. More discussion quote: There Are Only Two Tragedies. One Is Not Getting What One Wants, and the Other Is Getting It – Quote Investigator.
