No, that is the great fallacy: the wisdom of old men. They do not grow…

Ernest Hemingway
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No, that is the great fallacy: the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful. ✨ Ernest Hemingway (2014). Farewell to Arms: The Hemingway Library Edition, p.258, Simon and Schuster
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No, that is the great fallacy: the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful. ✨ Ernest Hemingway (2014). Farewell to Arms: The Hemingway Library Edition, p.258, Simon and Schuster

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