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Albert Einstein quote - what does it mean?
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ellegarden



Joined: 01 Sep 2007
PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 6:33 pm    Post subject: Albert Einstein quote - what does it mean? Reply with quote
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?
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mindmetoo



Joined: 02 Feb 2004
PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 6:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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.
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nate2008



Joined: 10 Apr 2008
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 6:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
mindmetoo wrote:
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.


Agreed. I don't think the "tragedy" has anything to do with drama or controlling anything.
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ellegarden



Joined: 01 Sep 2007
PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 6:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
mindmetoo wrote:
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.




http://www.quotesandpoem.com/quotes/showquotes/author/albert_einstein/5346

Maybe Einstein quoted from Schweitzer. Or my source is wrong because Schweitzer makes more sense.

So the tragedy of life part is referring to our good intentions,dreams and innocence?
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pootle



Joined: 05 May 2008
PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 7:09 pm    Post subject: Albert Einstein quote - what does it mean? Reply with quote
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!
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ellegarden



Joined: 01 Sep 2007
PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 7:18 pm    Post subject: Re: Albert Einstein quote - what does it mean? Reply with quote
pootle wrote:
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!


Now I get it.

I was taking
"The tragedy of life" as a whole subject and reading it wrongly.

Thanks. I'll feel better now that I can explain it to my student even though she probably doesn't care.
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Thewhiteyalbum



Joined: 13 Nov 2008
PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 7:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Agree wih all the above - but also things can die like our integrity, morals....we all sell our souls to a certain extent.
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Jeff's Cigarettes



Joined: 27 Mar 2007
PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 7:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
^Not exactly an Einstein, are you?
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Thewhiteyalbum



Joined: 13 Nov 2008
PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 7:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Well, my parents were brother and sister - no need to be rude.. Crying or Very sad
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pkang0202



Joined: 09 Mar 2007
PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 8:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Lots of things have died inside me. Parasites, viruses, bacteria, a few bugs I might've accidentally swallowed, plants, etc...
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nobbyken



Joined: 07 Jun 2006
Location: Yongin ^^
PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 8:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
pkang0202 wrote:
Lots of things have died inside me. Parasites, viruses, bacteria, a few bugs I might've accidentally swallowed, plants, etc...

....Your sense of humour?


Apologies, I jest you on a friday.
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D.D.



Joined: 29 May 2008
PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 8:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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.