Ernest Hemingway

United States
21 Jul 1899 // 2 Jul 1961
Author / Journalist

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Never confuse movement with action.
Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.
The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.

Men Without Women
Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.
Courage is grace under pressure.
It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.
All thinking men are atheists.

A Farewell to Arms
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.
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