There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self. Ernest Hemingway fellowlieman Change image and share on social
There is no lonelier man in death, except the suicide, than that man who has lived many years with a good wife and then outlived her. If two people love each other there can be no happy end to it. Ernest Hemingway deathendgood Change image and share on social
Things may not be immediately discernible in what a man writes, and in this sometimes he is fortunate; but eventually they are quite clear, and by these and the degree of alchemy that he possesses, he will endure or be forgotten. Ernest Hemingway alchemycleardegree share on social
Fear of death increases in exact proportion to increase in wealth. Ernest Hemingway deathexactfear Change image and share on social
Switzerland is a small, steep country, much more up and down than sideways, and is all stuck over with large brown hotels built on the cuckoo clock style of architecture. Ernest Hemingway architecturebrownbuild Change image and share on social
I know war as few other men now living know it, and nothing to me is more revolting. I have long advocated its complete abolition, as its very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a method of settling international disputes. Ernest Hemingway abolitionadvocatecomplete share on social
There is no rule on how to write. Sometimes it comes easily and perfectly; sometimes it's like drilling rock and then blasting it out with charges. Ernest Hemingway blastchargedrill Change image and share on social
A man's got to take a lot of punishment to write a really funny book. Ernest Hemingway bookfunnylot Change image and share on social
There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed. Ernest Hemingway bleedsittypewriter Change image and share on social
It's none of their business that you have to learn how to write. Let them think you were born that way. Ernest Hemingway bearbusinesslearn Change image and share on social
