...me, and laugh ; then all became doubt, strife, and bitterness within me — so true is it that '• Life is a comedy to those who think, A tragedy to those who feel." Mr. Deville soon explained to us all the" wacuums" and " horgans" in our respective craniums ; but...

...at me, and laugh; then all became doubt, strife, and bitterness within me — so true is it that • Life is a comedy to those who think, A tragedy to those who feel." Mr. Deville soon explained to us all the "uiocutiBtj" and "hor/fans" in our respective craniums ; but...

...me, and laugh ; then all became doubt, strife, and bitterness within rne — so true is it that '• Life is a comedy to those who think, A tragedy to those who feel." Mr. Deville soon explained to us all the " u-acuums" and " Itorgans" in our respective craniums; but...

...philanthropist, the Abbé de ГЕреe, was inaugurated at Versailles on the 25th of last month. — The world is a comedy to those who think— a tragedy to those who feel.— Horace Walpole. — " Mother," said a boy the other day, " is there any harm in breaking egg shells...

...terminated heroically!' — vol. ip 361. There is sometimes a striking aphorism, such as ' This world is a comedy to those who think — a tragedy to those who feel.'— vol. ii. p. 201. Both Locke and Addison are inclined to consider judgment as inconsistent with wit....

...copy to Garrick, in which he disclaims ambition. Recollect what I have said to you, that this world is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel ! This is the quintessence of all I have learnt iii fifty years ! Adieu ! LETTER CXC. Arlington Street,...

...discover a plot, and lop some more noble heads. I have often said, and oftener think, that this world is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel — a solution of why Democritus laughed and Heraclitus wept. The only gainer is history, which has...

...discover a plot, and lop some more noble heads. I have often said, and oftener think, thai this world is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel—a solution of why Democritus laughed and Heraclitus wept. The only gainer is history, which...

...ANAXAGORAS. CHAP. III. EMPEDOCLES. CHAP. IV. DEMOCRITUS. THE SECOND EPOCH. CHAPTER I. HERACLITUS. " LIFE is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel." This, Horace Walpole's epigram, may be applied to Democritus and Heraclitus, celebrated throughout...

...colour of our lives, and determines our being happy or miserable. I have often said, that this world is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel ; and sensibility has not only occasion to suffer for others, but is sure of its own portion too. Had...