Action is character.

Quote by F Scott Fitzgerald

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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...

It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present...

It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present...

There are no second acts in American lives.

There are no second acts in American lives.

Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; the redeeming things...

Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; the redeeming things...

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...

Trouble has no necessary connection with discouragement -- discouragement has a germ of its own,...

Trouble has no necessary connection with discouragement -- discouragement has a germ of its own,...

I like people and I like them to like me, but I wear my heart...

I like people and I like them to like me, but I wear my heart...

Nick, on the Buchanans: They were careless people, Tom and Daisy -- they smashed up...

Nick, on the Buchanans: They were careless people, Tom and Daisy -- they smashed up...

To a profound pessimist about life, being in danger is not depressing.

To a profound pessimist about life, being in danger is not depressing.

No such thing as a man willing to be honest - that would be like...

No such thing as a man willing to be honest - that would be like...

The victor belongs to the spoils.

The victor belongs to the spoils.

Family quarrels are bitter things. They dont go according to any rules. Theyre not like...

Family quarrels are bitter things. They dont go according to any rules. Theyre not like...

It appears that every mans insomnia is as different from his neighbours as are their...

It appears that every mans insomnia is as different from his neighbours as are their...

An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of...

An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of...

The faces of most American women over thirty are relief maps of petulant and bewildered...

The faces of most American women over thirty are relief maps of petulant and bewildered...

What'll we do with ourselves this afternoon? And the day after that, and the next...

What'll we do with ourselves this afternoon? And the day after that, and the next...

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

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

Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of...

Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of...

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...

Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.

Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.