Very few of the people who accentuate the futility of life remark the …

F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Very few of the people who accentuate the futility of life remark the futility of themselves. Perhaps they think that in proclaiming the evil of living they somehow salvage their own worth from the ruin - but they don't, even you and I. ✨ F. Scott Fitzgerald (2016). The Beautiful and Damned: American Literature, p.287, VM eBooks
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