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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Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.

Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

Though the Jazz Age continued, it became less and less of an affair of youth....

Though the Jazz Age continued, it became less and less of an affair of youth....

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

When a man is tired of life on his 21st birthday it indicates that he...

When a man is tired of life on his 21st birthday it indicates that he...

There are no second acts in American lives.

There are no second acts in American lives.

The victor belongs to the spoils.

The victor belongs to the spoils.

Writers aren't exactly people...they're a whole lot of people trying to be one person.

Writers aren't exactly people...they're a whole lot of people trying to be one person.

The easiest way to get a reputation is to go outside the fold, shout around...

The easiest way to get a reputation is to go outside the fold, shout around...

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...

Forgotten is forgiven.

Forgotten is forgiven.

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...

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...

I've been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me...

I've been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me...