Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; th…

F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; the redeeming things are not happiness and pleasure but the deeper satisfactions that come out of struggle. ✨ Letter to Frances Scott Fitzgerald, 5 Oct. 1940
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