Tragic Flaw

Famous quotes containing the words tragic and/or flaw:

    A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which destroy him.
    George Orwell (1903–1950)

    She found his manners very pleasing indeed.—The little flaw of
    having a Mistress now living with him at Ashdown Park, seems to
    be the only unpleasing circumstance about him.
    Jane Austen (1775–1817)