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

Quote by F Scott Fitzgerald

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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....

It's not a slam at you when people are rude, it's a slam at the...

It's not a slam at you when people are rude, it's a slam at the...

The world, as a rule, does not live on beaches and in country clubs.

The world, as a rule, does not live on beaches and in country clubs.

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...

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

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

First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes...

First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes...

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.

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

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

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

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

A big man has no time really to do anything but just sit and be...

A big man has no time really to do anything but just sit and be...

A great social success is a pretty girl who plays her cards as carefully as...

A great social success is a pretty girl who plays her cards as carefully as...

Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.

Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.

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...

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...

His parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people - his imagination had never really accepted...

His parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people - his imagination had never really accepted...

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...

Her body calculated to a millimeter to suggest a bud yet guarantee a flower.

Her body calculated to a millimeter to suggest a bud yet guarantee a flower.

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...

Path to happiness:: Stop trying 2 fix everything at once

Path to happiness:: Stop trying 2 fix everything at once

Happiness is mental harmony; unhappiness is mental inharmony.

Happiness is mental harmony; unhappiness is mental inharmony.