tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13027633.post5985940820013190854..comments2023-05-27T06:05:06.589-05:00Comments on Berkeley Heights Public Library Book Blog: The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott FitzgeraldUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13027633.post-45487839905935315422008-04-16T10:35:00.000-05:002008-04-16T10:35:00.000-05:00I looked up "To the victor belong the spoils" in t...I looked up "To the victor belong the spoils" in the 6th edition of The Home Book of Quotations. It attributes the phrase to NY Senator William Marcy who said it in a speech in 1832. As far as I know, "The victor belongs to the spoils" was invented by Fitzgerald. (It's not in our quotation books here at BHPL.) I don't think it's glib. If you read the book, you'll see how Anthony Patch's wealth ruins him.Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03751463516630254845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13027633.post-50459307029000712182008-04-16T09:22:00.000-05:002008-04-16T09:22:00.000-05:00How does Anthony Patch's quote on the title page, ...How does Anthony Patch's quote on the title page, "The victor belongs to the spoils" relate to the often heard phrase:<BR/><BR/>"to the victor belongs the spoils"?<BR/><BR/>Is the former just a glib turn of the phrase?<BR/><BR/>Can you tell me if Fitzgerald did not write the later who did, where and when?Uncle Arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196493492241339887noreply@blogger.com