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Life is a tragedy when viewed from afar, but a comedy when viewed from a distance. How do you say this famous quote by Chaplin in English?

The best answer above may be a literal translation from Chinese.

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot. ?

-- Charlie Chaplin

close-up (close-up Shot, close-up) and long-shot (far shot) are all cinematic vocabulary. Maybe it was a life principle that Chaplin realized one day while making a movie.

Note that Chaplin’s original sentence used comedy (comedy), not drama (drama).