“The stuff of which tragedy and comedy are made is the same stuff. The foibles of mankind work up more easily into comedy than into tragedy, and this is the chief difference between the two.”
John Jay Chapman, Learning and Other Essays
Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
“The stuff of which tragedy and comedy are made is the same stuff. The foibles of mankind work up more easily into comedy than into tragedy, and this is the chief difference between the two.”
John Jay Chapman, Learning and Other Essays