F. Scott Fitzgerald quote about experience from The Beautiful and Damned - Experience is not worth the getting. It's not a thing that happens pleasantly to a passive you—it's a wall that an active you runs up against.
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“ Experience is not worth the getting. It's not a thing that happens pleasantly to a passive you—it's a wall that an active you runs up against. ”
 F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned (1922). copy citation

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Author F. Scott Fitzgerald
Source The Beautiful and Damned
Topic experience difficulty passivity
Date 1922
Language English
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F. Scott Fitzgerald quote about experience from The Beautiful and Damned - Experience is not worth the getting. It's not a thing that happens pleasantly to a passive you—it's a wall that an active you runs up against.
F. Scott Fitzgerald quote about experience from The Beautiful and Damned - Experience is not worth the getting. It's not a thing that happens pleasantly to a passive you—it's a wall that an active you runs up against.