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Adam Phillips, Missing Out: In Praise of the Unlived Life Quotes: Tragic heroes are failed pragmatists. Their ends are unrealistic and their means are impractical.
         

Tragic heroes are failed pragmatists. Their ends are unrealistic and their means are impractical.


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