1,349 Quotes by Ernest Hemingway

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    I mistrust all frank and simple people, especially when their stories hold together.

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    Only one marriage I regret. I remember after I got that marriage license I went across from the license bureau to a bar for a drink. The bartender said, “What will you have, sir?” And I said, “A glass of hemlock.”

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    There are some things which cannot be learned quickly, and time, which is all we have, must be paid heavily for their acquiring.

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    Always do sober what you said you’d do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.

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    He was violating the second rule of the two rules for getting on well with people that speak Spanish; give the men tobacco and leave the women alone.

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    There is no night life in Spain. They stay up late but they get up late. That is not night life. That is delaying the day.

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