“The idea that to make a man work you've got to hold gold in front of his eyes is a growth, not an axiom.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise, 1920, Bk. 2, Ch. 5

About F. Scott Fitzgerald

1896 – 1940

American novelist, author of "The Great Gatsby".

“The compensation of a very early success is a conviction that life is a romantic matter. In the best sense one stays young.”

“There are no second acts in American lives.”

“For two cents the voter buys his politics, prejudices, and philosophy.”

“Make every effort to change things you do not like.”

“The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.”

“We must not stop this progress because we are unwilling to commit enough money to get the job done.”

“The sea never changes and its works, for all the talk of men, are wrapped in mystery.”

“God hides nothing. His very work from the beginning is revelation, — a casting aside of veil after veil, a showing unto men of truth after truth.”

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“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”