Ernest Hemingway
United States
21 Jul 1899 // 2 Jul 1961
Author / Journalist
21 Jul 1899 // 2 Jul 1961
Author / Journalist
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It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.
When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.
I drink to make other people more interesting.
All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.
The first draft of anything is shit.
The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.
There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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