Ernest Hemingway Quotes

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Ernest Hemingway

July 21 , 1899 – July 2 , 1961

Ernest Hemingway was an American novelist and journalist. Their most powerful quotes on life, success and human nature are collected here for daily inspiration and reflection.

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"You can’t get away from yourself by moving from one place to another."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"You can’t get away from yourself by moving from one place to another."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"It's none of their business that you have to learn to write. Let them think you were born that way."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"It's none of their business that you have to learn to write. Let them think you were born that way."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"The world is a fine place and worth fighting for and I hate very much to leave it."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"The world is a fine place and worth fighting for and I hate very much to leave it."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"Everything is much simpler than you think and at the same time more complex than you imagine."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"Everything is much simpler than you think and at the same time more complex than you imagine."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"As a writer, you should not judge, you should understand."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"As a writer, you should not judge, you should understand."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"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."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"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."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"There is no friend as loyal as a book."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"There is no friend as loyal as a book."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"Every day is a new day. It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"Every day is a new day. It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"The first and last thing you have to do in this world is to last it and not be smashed by it."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"The first and last thing you have to do in this world is to last it and not be smashed by it."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"Never mistake motion for action."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"Never mistake motion for action."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"In order to write about life first you must live it."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"In order to write about life first you must live it."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"The shortest answer is doing."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"The shortest answer is doing."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"Courage is grace under pressure."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"Courage is grace under pressure."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places."

-- Ernest Hemingway

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Who is Ernest Hemingway? +

Ernest Hemingway was an American novelist and journalist. Their most powerful quotes on life, success and human nature are collected here for daily inspiration and reflection.

What is Ernest Hemingway's most famous quote? +

One of Ernest Hemingway's most widely shared quotes is: "The shortest answer is doing.".

What did Ernest Hemingway say about wisdom? +

On wisdom, Ernest Hemingway said: "The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places.".

What did Ernest Hemingway say about philosophy? +

On philosophy, Ernest Hemingway said: "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.".

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