But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
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Ernest HemingwayThe Old Man and the Sea (1952)
About Ernest Hemingway
American novelist and Nobel laureate, author of The Old Man and the Sea. (1899-1961)
More from Ernest Hemingway
- The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places.A Farewell to Arms (1929), ch. 34
- Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.The Old Man and the Sea (1952)
- It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready.The Old Man and the Sea (1952)
- All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence you know.A Moveable Feast (1964)
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- We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.Oscar Wilde
- Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.J.K. Rowling
- It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all, in which case, you fail by default.J.K. Rowling
- The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.Paulo Coelho
- In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.Robert Frost
- The best way out is always through.Robert Frost
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