Ernest Hemingway

A serious writer is not to be confounded with a solemn writer. A serious writer may be a hawk or read more

A serious writer is not to be confounded with a solemn writer. A serious writer may be a hawk or a buzzard or even a popinjay, but a solemn writer is always a bloody owl.

Wars are caused by undefended wealth.

Wars are caused by undefended wealth.

All our words from loose using have lost their edge.

All our words from loose using have lost their edge.

There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked read more

There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter.

The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency. The second is war. Both bring a temporary read more

The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency. The second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity. Both bring a permanent ruin.