Ernest Hemingway

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

— Ernest Hemingway

#fine #hate #i #leave #much

Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For defeat brings worse things than any that can ever happen in war. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#brings #defeat #ever #happen #must

You're beautiful, like a May fly. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#fly #like #may #you

When you have shot one bird flying you have shot all birds flying. They are all different and they fly in different ways but the sensation is the same and the last one is as good as the first. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#birds #different #different ways #first #fly

That is what we are supposed to do when we are at our best - make it all up - but make it up so truly that later it will happen that way. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#happen #later #make #our #supposed

If you have a success you have it for the wrong reasons. If you become popular it is always because of the worst aspects of your work. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#aspects #because #become #popular #reasons

Ezra was right half the time, and when he was wrong, he was so wrong you were never in any doubt about it. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#any #doubt #half #never #right

In life, one must (first) last." (“Dans la vie, il faut [d'abord] durer.”) ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#suffer #withstand #life

The shortest answer is doing the thing. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#doing #shortest #thing

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

— Ernest Hemingway

#being #eligible #opponents #out #unjustly