Some men have a necessity to be mean, as if they were exercising a faculty which they had to partially neglect since early childhood.

Quote by F Scott Fitzgerald

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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...

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...

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...

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

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

Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind.

Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind.

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

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

Forgotten is forgiven.

Forgotten is forgiven.

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...

Her voice is full of money.

Her voice is full of money.

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...

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...

To write it, it took three months; to conceive it three minutes; to collect the...

To write it, it took three months; to conceive it three minutes; to collect the...

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...

Life was a damned muddle - a football game with everyone offside and the referee...

Life was a damned muddle - a football game with everyone offside and the referee...

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.

Everybody's youth is a dream, a form of chemical madness.

Everybody's youth is a dream, a form of chemical madness.

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

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

Behind all their personal vanity, women themselves always have an impersonal contempt for woman.

Behind all their personal vanity, women themselves always have an impersonal contempt for woman.

The only cure for contempt is counter-contempt.

The only cure for contempt is counter-contempt.

Anger and hate against one we love steels our hearts, but contempt or pity leaves...

Anger and hate against one we love steels our hearts, but contempt or pity leaves...