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Ernest Hemingway Quotes: There are events which are so great that if a writer has participated in them his obligation is to write truly rather than assume the presumption of altering them with invention.
         

There are events which are so great that if a writer has participated in them his obligation is to write truly rather than assume the presumption of altering them with invention.


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If something is wrong, fix it now. But train yourself not to worry, worry fixes nothing.



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Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you quit, try.



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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.



Critics are men who watch a battle from a high place then come down and shoot the survivors.

Critics are men who watch a battle from a high place then come down and shoot the survivors.



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.



Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.



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.



The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.



I drink to make other people more interesting.

I drink to make other people more interesting.



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





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