Either you think, or else others have to think for you and take power …

F. Scott Fitzgerald
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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. ✨ F. Scott Fitzgerald (2013). Three Novels: Tender is the Night; The Beautiful and Damned; Thi, p.282, Simon and Schuster
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