Baruch SpinozaI have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.
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"I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them". This line comes from one of the most beloved novels ever written. “The Great Gatsby” is an expression of the author’s desire to understand all of life instead of simply scoffing at it. When he was younger, Fitzgerald had had an affair with the wife of an older friend named Scottie.
Later, Fitzgerald wrote that he had never despised Scottie or his wife. Instead, he had always wanted to understand why they had had an affair. He tried, through his writing, to make sense of what had happened.
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