Young people do not perceive at once that the giver of wounds is the enemy and the quoted tattle merely the arrow.

Quote by F Scott Fitzgerald

Topics: Giving Quotes, Youth Quotes

The world, as a rule, does not live on beaches and in country clubs.

The world, as a rule, does not live on beaches and in country clubs.

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...

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...

The compensation of a very early success is a conviction that life is a romantic...

The compensation of a very early success is a conviction that life is a romantic...

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...

Riches have never fascinated me, unless combined with the greatest charm or distinction.

Riches have never fascinated me, unless combined with the greatest charm or distinction.

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...

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...

No decent career was ever founded on a public.

No decent career was ever founded on a public.

There are no second acts in American lives.

There are no second acts in American lives.

No such thing as a man willing to be honest - that would be like...

No such thing as a man willing to be honest - that would be like...

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...

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...

Action is character.

Action is character.

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

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

Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and...

Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and...

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...

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

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

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...

For awhile after you quit Keats all other poetry seems to be only whistling or...

For awhile after you quit Keats all other poetry seems to be only whistling or...