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The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the… — F. Scott Fitzgerald

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The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.

F. Scott Fitzgerald
1936
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1936
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Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "The Crack-Up." My Lost City: Personal Essays, 1920-1940, edited by James L.W. West, III. Cambridge UP, 2005.
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Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "The Crack-Up." Esquire, Feb. 1936.

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