The bad end unhappily, the good unluckily. That is what tragedy means.
I can put two and two together, you know. Do not think you are dealing with a man who has lost his grapes.
We're actors. We're the opposite of people.
I don't think Stoppardian has a precise definition.
Because children grow up, we think a child's purpose is to grow up. But a child's purpose is to be a child. Nature doesn't disdain what lives only for a day. It pours the whole of itself into the each moment. We don't value the lily less for not being made of flint and built to last.
Better a fallen rocket than never a burst of light.