The idea that to make a man work you've got to hold gold in front of his eyes is a growth, not an axiom. We've done that for so long that we've forgotten there's any other way.

Quote by F Scott Fitzgerald

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Riches have never fascinated me, unless combined with the greatest charm or distinction.

Riches have never fascinated me, unless combined with the greatest charm or distinction.

Forgotten is forgiven.

Forgotten is forgiven.

You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something...

You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something...

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

Young people do not perceive at once that the giver of wounds is the enemy...

Young people do not perceive at once that the giver of wounds is the enemy...

Never confuse activity with action

Never confuse activity with action

I love her and that's the beginning of everything.

I love her and that's the beginning of everything.

There are no second acts in American lives.

There are no second acts in American lives.

Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and...

Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and...

Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own...

Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own...

I'm a romantic; a sentimental person thinks things will last, a romantic person hopes against...

I'm a romantic; a sentimental person thinks things will last, a romantic person hopes against...

After all, life hasn't much to offer except youth, and I suppose for older people,...

After all, life hasn't much to offer except youth, and I suppose for older people,...

Great art is the contempt of a great man for small art.

Great art is the contempt of a great man for small art.

Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues.

Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues.

And it occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or...

And it occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or...

Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They're not like...

Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They're not like...

No decent career was ever founded on a public.

No decent career was ever founded on a public.

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in...

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in...

I won't insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.

I won't insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.

If men can develop weapons that are so terrifying as to make the thought of...

If men can develop weapons that are so terrifying as to make the thought of...