“ To be old and rich and have poor descendants is almost as much fun as to be young and beautiful and have ugly sisters. ”
F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tales of the Jazz Age (1922). copy citation
| Author | F. Scott Fitzgerald |
|---|---|
| Source | Tales of the Jazz Age |
| Topic | fun |
| Date | 1922 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/6695/pg6695-images.html |
Context
“There they stopped, faced each other, and gave vent to another long fit of senile glee.
"It's the only way," she gasped in a sort of triumphant malignity. "The only thing that keeps old folks like me happy is the sense that they can make other people step around. To be old and rich and have poor descendants is almost as much fun as to be young and beautiful and have ugly sisters."
"Oh, yes," chuckled Merlin. "I know. I envy you."
She nodded, blinking.
"The last time I was in here, forty years ago," she said, "you were a young man very anxious to kick up your heels."
"I was,"”
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