"Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot." ― Charlie Chaplin Topic(s): Life Tags: tragedy More From Charlie Chaplin "Why should poetry have to make sense?" "The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury." "Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded." More In Life "The struggle of my life created empathy – I could relate to pain, being abandoned, having people not love me."― Oprah Winfrey "I really haven’t had that exciting of a life. There are a lot of things I wish I would have done, instead of just sitting around and complaining about having a boring life. So I pretty much like to make it up. I’d rather tell a story about somebody else."― Kurt Cobain "Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and repeat to yourself, the most comforting words of all; this, too, shall pass."― Ann Landers