Trouble has no necessary connection with discouragement. Discouragement has a germ of its own, as different from trouble as arthritis is different from a stiff joint.

Quote by F Scott Fitzgerald

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Genius goes around the world in its youth incessantly apologizing for having large feet. What...

Genius goes around the world in its youth incessantly apologizing for having large feet. What...

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...

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...

Switzerland is a country where very few things begin, but many things end.

Switzerland is a country where very few things begin, but many things end.

In a real dark night of the soul, it is always three o'clock in the...

In a real dark night of the soul, it is always three o'clock in the...

The victor belongs to the spoils.

The victor belongs to the spoils.

You can stroke people with words.

You can stroke people with words.

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

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

No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas...

No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas...

Men get to be a mixture of the charming mannerisms of the women they have...

Men get to be a mixture of the charming mannerisms of the women they have...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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.

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...

There are no second acts in American lives.

There are no second acts in American lives.

Forgotten is forgiven.

Forgotten is forgiven.

Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.

Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.