Nov 18, 2008

Famous Quotes | In this world there are two...

In this world there are two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. The last is much the worst. - Oscar Wilde Attribution: Oscar Wilde (1854–1900), Anglo-Irish playwright, author. Dumby, in Lady Windermere’s Fan, act 3. George Bernard Shaw expressed a similar idea in act 4, Man and Superman, published ten years after Lady Windermere’s Fan, when Mendoza says: “There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart’s desire. The other is to gain it.”

Categories: Author, Disappointment, Playwright