"The gypsies believe the bear to be a brother to man because he has the same body beneath his hide, because he drinks beer, because he enjoys music and...

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Why should anybody be interested in some old man who was a failure?
More Ernest Hemingway quotes
"A man's got to take a lot of punishment to write a really funny book.
"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.
"But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
"Man is not made for defeat.
"It must be most dangerous then to be a man. It is indeed, madame, and but few survive it
"The fish is my friend too...I have never seen or heard of such a fish. But I must kill him. I am glad we do not have to try to kill the stars. Imagine...