The Crack-Up

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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

More information about this quote

Topic

Intelligence Contradiction Ideas

Author

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Source

The Crack-Up Esquire

Medium

Essay Magazine

Language

English

Time

1936 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "The Crack-Up." Esquire, Feb. 1936.

Current Citation

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