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His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on a butterfly's wings. At one time he understood it no more than the butterfly did and he did not know when it was brushed or marred.

~Ernest Hemingway

Topics: Butterfly Did Dust He His Know Made More Natural One Time Pattern Talent Than Time Understood Wings

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They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country. But in modern war, there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason.

~Ernest Hemingway

Topics: Country Days Die Dog Dying Fitting Fitting In Good Good Reason Like Modern Modern War Nor Nothing Old Old Days Reason Sweet War Will Wrote You Your

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For a true writer, each book should be a new beginning where he tries again for something that is beyond attainment. He should always try for something that has never been done or that others have tried and failed. Then sometimes, with great luck, he will succeed.

~Ernest Hemingway

Topics: Again Always Attainment Been Beginning Beyond Book Done Each Failed Great He Luck Never New New Beginning Others Should Something Sometimes Succeed Then Tried Tries True Try Where Will Writer

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Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

~Ernest Hemingway

Topics: Happiness Intelligent Intelligent People Know People Rarest Thing

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Time is the least thing we have of.

~Ernest Hemingway

Topics: Least Thing Time

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Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.

~Ernest Hemingway

Topics: Crime How Justified Matter Necessary Never Nor Think War

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You can wipe out your opponents. But if you do it unjustly you become eligible for being wiped out yourself.

~Ernest Hemingway

Topics: Become Being Eligible Opponents Out Wipe Wiped You Your Yourself

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Why should anybody be interested in some old man who was a failure?

~Ernest Hemingway

Topics: Anybody Failure Interested Man Old Old Man Should Some Who Why

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If a writer knows enough about what he is writing about, he may omit things that he knows. The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one ninth of it being above water.

~Ernest Hemingway

Topics: About Above Being Dignity Due Enough He Iceberg Knows May Movement Ninth Omit Only Things Water Writer Writing

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I love to go to the zoo. But not on Sunday. I don't like to see the people making fun of the animals, when it should be the other way around.

~Ernest Hemingway

Topics: Animals Around Fun Go Like Love Making Other People See Should Sunday Way Zoo I Love

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Novelist

Born: July 21st, 1899

Died: July 2nd, 1961

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