The compensation of a very early success is a conviction that life is …

F. Scott Fitzgerald
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The compensation of a very early success is a conviction that life is a romantic matter. In the best sense one stays young. ✨ F. Scott Fitzgerald (2010). A Life in Letters, p.10, Simon and Schuster
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