And I like large parties. They’re so intimate. At small parties there isn’t any privacy.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALDThe test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.
More F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes
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Was it the infinite sadness of her eyes that drew him or the mirror of himself that he found in the gorgeous clarity of her mind?
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There’s no substitute for will. Sometimes you have to fake will when you don’t feel it at all.
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You are the loveliest thing that I have ever known.
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Intelligence is measured by a person’s ability to see validity within both sides of contradicting arguments.
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Celibacy goes deeper than the flesh.
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When I’m with you, I don’t breathe quite right.
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I love her and that’s the beginning and end of everything.
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Experience is the name so many people give to their mistakes.
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I never blame failure – there are too many complicated situations in life – but I am absolutely merciless toward lack of effort.
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Begin with an individual, and before you know it you find that you have created a type; begin with a type, and you find that you have created – nothing.
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Well, you never knew exactly how much space you occupied in people’s lives. Yet from this fog his affection emerged–the best contacts are when one knows the obstacles and still wants to preserve a relation.
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It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won’t save us any more than love did.
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It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.
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Never confuse activity with action.
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For what it’s worth, it’s never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you’re proud of and if you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start over.
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