An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmaster of ever afterwards.

Quote by F Scott Fitzgerald

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Speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again.

Speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again.

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

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

It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they...

It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they...

Show me a hero and I will write you a tragedy.

Show me a hero and I will write you a tragedy.

His was a great sin who first invented consciousness. Let us lose it for a...

His was a great sin who first invented consciousness. Let us lose it for a...

Either you think, or else others have to think for you and take power from...

Either you think, or else others have to think for you and take power from...

Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.

Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.

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,...

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...

When people are taken out of their depths they lose their heads, no matter how...

When people are taken out of their depths they lose their heads, no matter how...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

The idea that to make a man work you've got to hold gold in front...

The idea that to make a man work you've got to hold gold in front...

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

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

Scratch a Yale man with both hands and you'll be lucky to find a coast-guard....

Scratch a Yale man with both hands and you'll be lucky to find a coast-guard....

Some men have a necessity to be mean, as if they were exercising a faculty...

Some men have a necessity to be mean, as if they were exercising a faculty...

At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves...

At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves...

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.