A THREAD on thought provoking ideas by Ernst Hemingway:
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As you get older it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary.
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As you get older it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary.
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Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.
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The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.
The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.
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The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.
The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.
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There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.
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Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.
Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.
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The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice.
Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed.
The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice.
Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed.
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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 moveable feast.
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 moveable feast.
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Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years.
If something is wrong, fix it if you can.
But train yourself not to worry: Worry never fixes anything.
Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years.
If something is wrong, fix it if you can.
But train yourself not to worry: Worry never fixes anything.
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Live the full life of the mind, exhilarated by new ideas, intoxicated by the romance of the unusual.
Live the full life of the mind, exhilarated by new ideas, intoxicated by the romance of the unusual.
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Going to another country doesn’t make any difference. I’ve tried all that. You can’t get away from yourself by moving from one place to another. There’s nothing to that.
Going to another country doesn’t make any difference. I’ve tried all that. You can’t get away from yourself by moving from one place to another. There’s nothing to that.
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Wine is one of the most civilized things in the world and one of the most natural things of the world that has been brought to the greatest perfection, and it offers a greater range for enjoyment and appreciation than, possibly, any other purely sensory thing.
Wine is one of the most civilized things in the world and one of the most natural things of the world that has been brought to the greatest perfection, and it offers a greater range for enjoyment and appreciation than, possibly, any other purely sensory thing.
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Go all the way with it. Do not back off. For once, go all the goddamn way with what matters.
Go all the way with it. Do not back off. For once, go all the goddamn way with what matters.
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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.
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.
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