Ernest Hemingway
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10 quotes we’ve traced to Ernest Hemingway
“How did you go bankrupt? Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly”
Verified“The world breaks everyone, and afterward many are strong at the broken places”
Verified“Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut”
Attributed“The first draft of anything is shit”
Attributed“For sale: baby shoes, never worn”
Disputed“Human beings hide their feelings, but a cat does not”
Disputed“I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?”
Disputed“Millions of people who have never died before will be killed”
Disputed“The first draft of anything is garbage”
Disputed“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places”
DisputedNot actually Ernest Hemingway
Often misattributed to Ernest Hemingway
Famous lines widely pinned on Ernest Hemingway that we’ve traced to someone else.
“Easy Writing's Vile Hard Reading”
actually Richard Brinsley Sheridan
“For sale: baby shoes, never worn”
actually Origin unknown — an anonymous legend
“I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?”
actually Author unknown
“It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters, in the end”
actually Ursula K. Le Guin
“The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too”
actually Marc Chernoff
“There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games”
actually Ken Purdy
“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility is being superior to your former self”
actually Walter L. Sheldon
“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed”
actually Walter ‘Red’ Smith
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