Quote#Wisdom
Curiously enough he found in senior year that he had acquired a…
Quote byF. Scott Fitzgerald · 1896–1940
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Beautiful and Damned (1922).
English (original)
Curiously enough he found in senior year that he had acquired a position in his class. He learned that he was looked upon as a rather romantic figure, a scholar, a recluse, a tower of erudition. This amused him but secretly pleased him — he began going out, at first a little and then a great deal.
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
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