-- Posted by Andra is 2kl4skl at 3:56 pm on Feb. 24, 2007 I have to write an essay  based on this question : " Can succes be disastrous ?? " I need to give a couple of examples and to comment about success . Can You please give me some ideas ??   -- Posted by Frisky Dingo at 3:58 pm on Feb. 24, 2007 "Successfully" committing suicide can be disastrous? -- Posted by darKStorm at 3:59 pm on Feb. 24, 2007 Money makes people greedy? Best I can do. -- Posted by LillianH at 4:01 pm on Feb. 24, 2007 Marilyn Monroe is a good example. She was so successful, but obviously the end results were cataclysmic, because she committed suicide. -- Posted by julian at 4:02 pm on Feb. 24, 2007 hitler and stalin were very successful (obviously ultimately they weren't).  i would consider what they did disastrous.   -- Posted by obvious child at 4:16 pm on Feb. 24, 2007 Capitalism's greatest succes is catastrophic. The French Revolution is a good example of success as disastrous. -- Posted by Apotheosis at 4:23 pm on Feb. 24, 2007 Pyrrhus of Epirus. -- Posted by exceedinglyrare at 4:29 pm on Feb. 24, 2007 King Midas managed the whole monetary success thing. -- Posted by Apotheosis at 4:33 pm on Feb. 24, 2007 Quote: from LillianH at 7:01 pm on Feb. 24, 2007 Marilyn Monroe is a good example. She was so successful, but obviously the end results were cataclysmic, because she committed suicide. No, she's actually a bad example, because not only is her suicide debatable, one can't state with any certainty that her success drove her or played a part in it. -- Posted by obvious child at 4:36 pm on Feb. 24, 2007 Quote: from Apotheosis at 2:23 pm on Feb. 24, 2007 Pyrrhus of Epirus. That's probably the best example. You can play that battle in Rome TW, it's fucking hard though, even on easy to win. But then again, you're not suppose to win. -- Posted by LillianH at 6:35 pm on Feb. 24, 2007 Quote: from Apotheosis at 4:33 pm on Feb. 24, 2007 Quote: from LillianH at 7:01 pm on Feb. 24, 2007 Marilyn Monroe is a good example. She was so successful, but obviously the end results were cataclysmic, because she committed suicide. No, she's actually a bad example, because not only is her suicide debatable, one can't state with any certainty that her success drove her or played a part in it. Well yeah, success can make you strive to go further, that's obvious. But she still killed herself in the end. -- Posted by shamy at 10:49 am on Sep. 22, 2008 hmmm yeh pyrrhus of epirus kya hai?????   wat is pyrrhus of epirus???????????