# Quote — F.Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise

> “The truth is that the public has done one of those startling and amazing things that they do about once in a hundred years. They’ve seized an idea.”
>
> “What is it?”
>
> “That however the brains and abilities of men may differ, their stomachs are essentially the same.”

- Author: [F.Scott Fitzgerald](https://www.leafyquotes.com/fscott-fitzgerald.md)
- Book: [This Side of Paradise](https://www.leafyquotes.com/fscott-fitzgerald/this-side-of-paradise.md)
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