Robert Fagles Professions : Professor Born : September 11, 1933 Died : March 26, 2008 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Robert Fagles The catastrophe of the tragic hero thus becomes the catastrophe of the fifth-century man; all his furious energy and intellectual daring drive him on to this terrible discovery of his fundamental ignorance - he is not the measure of all things but the thing measured and found wanting. Robert Fagles ignorance hero men The world is a world of tears, and the burdens of mortality touch the heart. Robert Fagles tears heart world I admire the ambition of the project, and the generosity of many of the lines. Robert Fagles generosity lines ambition Similar Authors Bryan Stevenson professor Bruce Greenwald professor Bruce Ames professor Brian Wansink professor Brian Schmidt professor Brian Martin professor All Authors
