“There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart’s desire. The other is to gain it.” This extract is taken from the drama -

“There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.”
― George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman

• G. B. Shaw is the greatest Dramatist of modern English literature.
• His other Important quotations:
- 'Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance'.
- 'It is our duty to live as long as we can',
- 'Nine soldiers out of ten are born fools',
- 'God is on the side of big battalions',

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Quotation.