Once upon a time all the men of mind and genius in the world became of one belief, that is to say, of no belief. But it wearied them to think that within a few years after their death many cults and systems and prognostications would be ascribed to them which they had never meditated nor intended. So they said to one another:
'Let's join together and make a great book that will last forever to...
Francis Scott Fitzgerald
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by Francis Scott Fitzgerald Quote posted in Quotes & Aphorisms (Behavior)
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
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Either you think or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you.
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How strange to have failed as a social creature, even criminals do not fail that way, they are the law's "Loyal Opposition," so to speak. But the insane are always mere guests on earth, eternal strangers carrying around broken decalogues that they cannot read.
Whenever you feel like criticizing any one, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.
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