Ernest Hemingway defined the views of an entire generation with his work and life itself – the “lost generation”, which got its name from the light hand of the writer.
The style of his prose – bright, capacious, concise – greatly influenced the 20th century literature. Perhaps the time of unconditional deification of Hemingway has already passed. And yet everyone who is faced with the embrace of existential longing finds, if not consolation, then at least temporary relief in the short and cynically honest words of the writer.
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People don’t get smarter with age. They’re just getting more careful.
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If you stop doing things just for fun, consider that you are no longer living.
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All sentimental people are very cruel.
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Truly brave people do not need to fight in a duel, but many cowards do it all the time to assure themselves of their own courage.
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Any cowardice comes from dislike.
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They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one’s country. But in modern war, there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason.
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He who flaunts erudition or scholarship has neither the one nor the other.
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If two people love each other, it cannot end happily.
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There are so many women in the world to sleep with and so few women to talk to.
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Secret of my success. Never been daunted. Never been daunted in public.
