Intelligence is so damn rare and the people who have it often have such a bad time with it that they get bitter or propagandistic and then it’s not much use.
ERNEST HEMINGWAYAn intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.
More Ernest Hemingway Quotes
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Write hard and clear about what hurts.
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Courage is grace under pressure.
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If two people love each other there can be no happy end to it.
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You never understand anybody that loves you.
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We’re stronger in the places that we’ve been broken.
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Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.
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There is no friend as loyal as a book.
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Never go on trips with anyone you do not love.
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When you love you wish to do things for. You wish to sacrifice for. You wish to serve.
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Fascism is a lie told by bullies.
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The shortest answer is doing the thing.
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The only thing that can ruin a good day is people.
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Any man’s life, told truly, is a novel.
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Being against evil doesn’t make you good.
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No, that is the great fallacy: the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful.
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Everybody is friends when things are bad enough.
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I’m tired of everybody. Please forgive me.
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Would you please please please please please please please stop talking?
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No one ever stopped when they were winning.
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You are so brave and quiet I forget you are suffering.
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You’ll lose it, if you talk about it.
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Religion is the opium of the poor.
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A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not.
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Always do sober what you said you’d do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.
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You can’t get away from yourself by moving from one place to another.
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Work every day. No matter what has happened the day or night before, get up and bite on the nail.
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