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F. Scott Fitzgerald

It occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or race, so profound as the difference between the sick and the well.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Intelligence

Understanding this quote AI Analysis

Fitzgerald is saying that being healthy or sick affects a person's abilities and mindset more deeply than their intelligence or racial background. In other words, the state of one’s health creates a greater gap in experience and capacity than differences in mental ability or ethnicity.

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