tragic flaw

Depending on the outcome of November’s election after his belated decision to withdraw, his lifelong stubbornness may prove to have been his tragic flaw.

History reflects humankind’s most tragic flaw: Humans are incapable of protecting themselves from themselves.

He’s a man constantly overheated, which is what makes him tick, and is his tragic flaw.

Like, “I just love too hard” or, “My tragic flaw is that I care too much!”

“This is the fall of somebody from a high position. There’s some tragic flaw there. And I’ve also been thinking of the Garden of Eden. Maybe the apple is presidential politics.”