Gatsby Aphorisms
An aphorism is a tightly phrased statement of truth or opinion. Through aphorisms we can identify many of our values. What values do these aphorisms express? How does this relate to your life? How does it relate to the novel?
"Money can't buy happiness"
"Clothes Make the Man"
"You can't judge a book by its cover."
"Where there's marriage without love, there'll be love without marriage." - Ben Franklin
"It's better to have second-hand diamonds than none at all." - Mark Twain
"Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished." -Goethe
"It is not possible to step twice into the same river" - Heraclitus
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