When people are taken out of their depths they lose their heads, no matter how charming a bluff they may put up.

Quote by F Scott Fitzgerald

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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.

You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something...

You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something...

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

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

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.

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...

Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.

Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.

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...

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...

Only remember west of the Mississippi it's a little more look, see, act. A little...

Only remember west of the Mississippi it's a little more look, see, act. A little...

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...

Young people do not perceive at once that the giver of wounds is the enemy...

Young people do not perceive at once that the giver of wounds is the enemy...

Trouble has no necessary connection with discouragement. Discouragement has a germ of its own, as...

Trouble has no necessary connection with discouragement. Discouragement has a germ of its own, as...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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.

There are no second acts in American lives.

There are no second acts in American lives.

Action is character.

Action is character.

I'm a romantic; a sentimental person thinks things will last, a romantic person hopes against...

I'm a romantic; a sentimental person thinks things will last, a romantic person hopes against...