Ernest Hemingway ( 10 of 45 )
All our words from loose using have lost their edge.
All our words from loose using have lost their edge.
A serious writer is not to be confounded with a solemn writer. A serious writer may be a hawk or read more
A serious writer is not to be confounded with a solemn writer. A serious writer may be a hawk or a buzzard or even a popinjay, but a solemn writer is always a bloody owl.
The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency. The second is war. Both bring a temporary read more
The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency. The second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity. Both bring a permanent ruin.
My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest read more
My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way.
There are events which are so great that if a writer has participated in them his obligation is to write read more
There are events which are so great that if a writer has participated in them his obligation is to write truly rather than assume the presumption of altering them with invention.
If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the read more
If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a movable feast.
There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked read more
There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter.
Defense is the stronger form with the negative object, and attack the weaker form with the positive object.
Defense is the stronger form with the negative object, and attack the weaker form with the positive object.
Cowardice... is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend functioning of the imagination.
Cowardice... is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend functioning of the imagination.
I still need more healthy rest in order to work at my best. My health is the main capital I read more
I still need more healthy rest in order to work at my best. My health is the main capital I have and I want to administer it intelligently.
