For a people, as for an individual, it is tragic to have ambitions and to lack both the means essential to their fulfilment and any hope of acquiring those means. (2nd April 1945-talking about Italians)
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The author suggests that having ambitions without the means or hope to achieve them is tragic, using Italians as the specific subject of this comment.
- In plain terms
- It is tragic to want things but have no way to get them.
- What can you take from it?
- Ambition without means leads to tragedy.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is ambition tragic without support?
Another view
The observation reduces complex historical situations to individual tragedy.
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