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[ellegarden]

I got it from Express Yourself and I couldn't explain it properly to a student. I felt like a failure.

"The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives."

Does it mean that man can control the dramatic parts of his life? Man is in control of his sorrows? Man can push his sorrows away?

[mindmetoo]

First it's Albert Schweitzer:

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/albert_schweitzer.html

I think it means is maybe we start with such good intentions, dreams, innocence, and as we get older that dies.

[nate2008]

[ellegarden]

[pootle]

The tragic thing about life is all the things that die inside us during our lives, eg imagination, love, hope, ideas etc. I think he was making the point that it's not our death that is the most tragic, but rather the 'death' of parts of us during our lives. If you see what I mean. Bit difficult to explain!

[ellegarden]

[Thewhiteyalbum]

Agree wih all the above - but also things can die like our integrity, morals....we all sell our souls to a certain extent.

[Jeff's Cigarettes]

^Not exactly an Einstein, are you?

[Thewhiteyalbum]

Well, my parents were brother and sister - no need to be rude..

[pkang0202]

Lots of things have died inside me. Parasites, viruses, bacteria, a few bugs I might've accidentally swallowed, plants, etc...

[nobbyken]

[D.D.]

He means that people don't live up to their potential or share their true gifts.

They go about being average while their inner potential dies.

[ernie]

agreed ^. or maybe he was referring to live octopii.

along the same lines, one of my favorite quotes ever:

"Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, it seems to me most strange that men should fear;
Seeing that death, a necessary end, will come when it will come". Julius Caesar (Act II, Scene II).

[BS.Dos.]

What's 'inside' a man. It's your interpretation. Could be innocence, rationality, sense of optimism, dreams, wishes, hopes, faith et cetera.

[Girlygirl]

I think he was trying to imply that "It's a sad that we stop thinking while alive" It's sad that we live our lives passively; no passion/desire/ambition/imagination etc.