Show me a hero and I'll write you a tragedy.

Quote by F Scott Fitzgerald

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

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

I don't want to repeat my innocence. I want the pleasure of losing it again.

I don't want to repeat my innocence. I want the pleasure of losing it again.

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...

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...

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...

The victor belongs to the spoils.

The victor belongs to the spoils.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

There are no second acts in American lives.

There are no second acts in American lives.

Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest...

Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest...

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

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

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...

Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest...

Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest...

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

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

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...

It occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or race,...

It occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or race,...

We are the intelligence that has evolved in time out of the space and matter...

We are the intelligence that has evolved in time out of the space and matter...

I can remember when I was National Security Adviser, the intelligence community told us... they...

I can remember when I was National Security Adviser, the intelligence community told us... they...