The 100 best phrases (and reflections) of Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway was considered one of the best novelists and short story writers of the 20th century, his works continue to be a major influence on American fiction and internationally. world. He was also awarded a Nobel Prize in Literature and a Pulitzer Prize..
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Best Ernest Hemingway Quotes
To remember his legacy, we bring a compilation with the best quotes from Ernest Hemingway.
1. Knowing a man and knowing what's on his mind are different matters.
In general, when we say that we know someone, it is for something other than his thoughts.
2. Talent is how you live life.
Live in such a way that you are happy despite the setbacks you encounter along the way.
3. The way of thinking at night is of no use in the morning.
At every moment we change our minds.
4. The secret of wisdom, power and knowledge is humility.
Humility is the key to everything we do.
5. It takes two years to learn to speak and sixty to learn to be silent.
It's not easy to keep quiet.
6. Everything, good and bad, leaves a void when it is interrupted. But if it's something bad, the emptiness fills up on its own.
Everything we do wrongly always takes its toll.
7. Always do sober what you said you were going to do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.
Don't say anything you might regret.
8. Why, darling, I don't live at all when I'm not with you.
Life as a couple is better.
9. Going to another country makes no difference. I have tried all of that.
We cannot escape what we carry inside.
10. Now is not the time to think about what you don't have. Think about what you can do with what you have.
Don't complain about what you don't have, learn to live with what you do have.
11. The rain will stop, the night will end, the pain will fade.
Everything happens, you just have to be patient.
12. There is no friend as loyal as a book.
A book is a friend that teaches you and never leaves you.
13. I loved you when I saw you today and I loved you forever, but I've never seen you before.
Love at first sight exists.
14. You will always love me, right? Yeah. And the rain won't make any difference? None.
When he loves himself, you have to do it for real without any condition.
15. You are so brave and calm, that sometimes I forget that you suffer.
Suffering should not be exposed for others to see.
16. The man who has begun to live seriously within, begins to live more simply without.
How you are on the inside you must show it on the outside.
17. If two people love each other there can be no happy ending.
Happy endings are not always true.
18. He lives life full of mind, exalted by new ideas, intoxicated by the romance of the unusual.
We must include innovation in our lives.
19. In modern warfare you die like a dog and for no reason.
Wars don't make any sense.
20. Good people, if you think about it a bit, have always been happy people.
Noble people are always smiling.
21. You love me, but you don't know it yet.
Love has many facets.
22. The world breaks anyone.
The chaos that exists in many aspects makes people live stressed.
23. The best way to know if you can trust someone is to trust.
Trust is earned by trusting.
24. An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with fools.
Sometimes intelligence intimidates.
25. The thing is to become a teacher and, in old age, gain the courage to do what children did when they knew nothing.
Once we reach old age, childhood becomes like a good memory.
26. No one lives their life to rush it, except bullfighters.
Don't live in a hurry, it's useless.
27. I didn't like leaving France at all. Life was so simple there!
There are places we don't want to leave.
28. Everyone does wrong... provided the right opportunity presents itself.
We all have bad moments where we act incorrectly.
29. Why do the old people wake up so early? Is it to have a longer day?
There are people who start their days very early to be more productive.
30. Never think that a war, however necessary or justified it may seem, is no longer a crime.
There is nothing more criminal than wars.
31. Try to understand, you are not a tragedy character.
Not all of us have the same personality.
32. Every day is a new day.
Every sunrise brings with it a new beginning.
33. The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much and forgetting that you are special too.
Don't love in such a way that you forget who you are.
34. Sometimes following your heart means losing your mind.
Many times the feelings and the mind do not go the same way.
35. Life is not hard to handle when you have nothing to lose.
Life is simple and that's how you have to live it.
36. The revolution is not an opiate, it is a purge, an ecstasy that only prolongs the tyranny. Opiums are for sooner or later.
It refers to how bad this political ideology is.
37. No one should be alone in their old age. But it is unavoidable.
There are many people who, upon reaching old age, loneliness is their only company.
38. I was born to enjoy life, but God forgot about money.
Money makes life not as beautiful as you want it to be.
39. There is no trick to write. All you do is sit in front of a typewriter and bleed.
Things are not easy, you have to work hard to achieve them.
40. But you always fall in love with someone else and then it's okay. Fall in love with them, but don't let them ruin you.
Sometimes love ruins the life of those who feel it.
41. When I'm working on a book or a story, I start writing every morning as soon as the sun rises. Nobody distracts you at that time.
The first hours of the morning are most profitable because most people are still asleep.
42. The sea is sweet and it is beautiful, but it can also be cruel.
Such is life, beautiful and peaceful, but at the same time it is also inhuman and brutal.
43. Morality is what makes one feel good and immorality is what makes one feel bad.
Values are very important in life, because they help us to live correctly.
44. Fascism is a lie told by thugs.
There is nothing good about fanaticism.
45. When hearing an echo, many believe that the sound comes from it.
What we hear is not always the truth.
46. The loneliness of death comes at the end of each day of life that one has wasted.
Wasting a day is time you never get back.
47. All my life I have seen words as if I were seeing them for the first time.
There are times when starting over is the best option.
48. Every man's life ends the same way. Only the details of how he lived and how he died distinguish one man from another.
Death is inevitable and once it comes, we only have good memories.
49. I'm not brave anymore, honey. I'm all broken. I have been broken
There are times when we feel broken and that we can no longer fix.
50. I love to sleep. My life has a tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?
It is a reflection on the importance of resting.
51. A writer must write what he has to say and not speak it.
The writer's job is not easy.
52. Courage is grace under pressure.
Courage appears when we find ourselves in an emergency situation.
53. I can't bear the thought that my life is passing so quickly and I don't really live it.
Life is too short for everything we want to do.
54. All truly evil things start from innocence.
When innocence is lost, the bad comes.
55. If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris when you were young, then Paris will be with you wherever you go, for the rest of your life.
There are places that remain in our memory forever.
56. Every day on earth is a good day.
Each day comes with a host of experiences to live.
57. Kill the very good and the very sweet, and the very brave.
A sequel to the wars.
58. The only thing that separates us from death is time.
We do not know when death will knock on our door.
59. Try to understand, you are not a tragedy character.
Each person has a good side.
60. The wisdom of the elders is a myth. They do not become wiser, but more prudent.
Wisdom comes from the prudence with which one has lived.
61. The book that is a classic is the one that everyone admires, but no one has read.
You have to know to be able to speak.
62. An idealist is a man who, starting from the fact that a rose smells better than a cabbage, deduces that a soup of roses would also taste better.
A dreamer never sees things as they really are.
63. You read what you have written and stop when you know what is going to happen next. You write until you get to a place where you are still inspired. There you stay until the next day.
Inspiration is what moves us to do things and not stop until we achieve it.
64. Now: a curious word to express a whole world and a whole life.
We always find the right word to clearly describe what our life is like.
65. When writing a novel, a writer must create living people; people not characters A character is a caricature.
The novels are full of characters in which we see ourselves reflected.
66. Every rational man is an atheist.
Atheism is typical of rational men.
67. All modern American literature starts from a book by Mark Twain entitled Huckleberry Finn. Before there was nothing. There has been nothing good since then.
He refers to how important the book Huckleberry Finn is to the world of literature.
68. Fish are not as smart as the ones we kill them. But they are nobler and more skilled.
Man is the cruelest animal that exists since he kills for pleasure or hobby.
69. There is nothing noble in being superior to your peers, the true nobility is in being superior to your old self.
Do not focus on being better than others, but on improving yourself more every day.
70. Courage is grace under pressure.
Courage is born when we are facing a danger.
71. Don't do what you honestly don't want to do. Do not confuse movement with action.
Don't do things out of obligation.
72. Never write about a place until you are away from it.
Longing is part of life.
73. The world is a good place worth fighting for.
Our planet is beautiful and that is why we must fight for it.
74. It's better to be lucky. But I prefer to be exact. Then when luck comes, I'll be ready.
Luck is something that comes with hard work.
75. The older we get, the harder it becomes for us to have heroes, but it's kind of a necessity.
We always have the need to lean on someone.
76. Write hard and clear about what hurts.
There are bitter moments that we must overcome.
77. The cruelest people are always the sentimental ones.
Getting carried away by feelings can trigger some tragedy.
78. Well you should dream... All our greatest businessmen have been dreamers.
Never stop dreaming as they can come true.
79. One can never foresee what will happen when several English people get together.
There are situations that are unpredictable.
80. Don't ask me stupid questions if you don't like the answers.
If you're not going to like the answer, then don't ask.
81. The first draft of anything is crap.
Starting a project is not always easy.
82. When people talk, listen fully. Most people never listen.
Try to listen carefully to who is speaking to you.
83. Better to have loved and lost than not to have loved at all.
Loving is a decision even when it is not always shared.
84. Many become strong in broken places. But the ones that don't break, die.
Repressed emotions end up exploding inside of us.
85. The trash can is the first piece of furniture in the writer's study.
We always throw away what is useless.
86. The eyes that have beheld Auschwitz and Hiroshima will never be able to behold God.
It refers to two great abominable events that part of humanity has suffered.
87. The scariest thing is a blank sheet of paper.
Writing our history is something that can cause terror.
88. A rich man is different from the one who is not: he has more money.
Social class is what distinguishes men.
89. Man is not made for defeat; a man can be destroyed but not defeated.
You may fall, but remember to get up as defeat has no place in your life.
90. Always stay behind the man who is shooting and in front of the man who is shitting. So you're safe from bullets and shit.
You have to know how to choose the right moment.
91. I didn't want to kiss you goodbye (that's the problem). I wanted to kiss you good night (here's the difference).
Living with someone else is a blessing that few have.
92. Never go on a trip with someone you don't love.
The beautiful things in life must be shared with people we really love.
93. I'm not unfaithful, honey. I have many faults, but I am very faithful. You will be sick of me, I will be very faithful.
Fidelity is hard to find, but it does exist.
94. My goal is to put on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way.
This means that less is more.
95. Hope is never so lost that it cannot be found.
Hope is never completely lost.
96. Man has a heart, my lord, even if he doesn't follow his dictates.
Sometimes we ignore what our hearts tell us.
97. You cannot get away from yourself by moving from one place to another. It's not possible.
There are things that go with us wherever we go.
98. The first cure for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring temporary wealth; both bring permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists.
Nothing that looks good really is.
99. Never think that a war, however necessary or justified it may seem, is no longer a crime
Wars will never be the solution.
100. While the void of something good can only be filled by discovering something better.
Being in constant search is what gives meaning to life.