He had always known what I did not know and what, when I learned it, I…

Ernest Hemingway
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He had always known what I did not know and what, when I learned it, I was always able to forget. But I did not know that then, although I learned it later. ✨ Ernest Hemingway (2016). A Farewell to Arms, p.8, Hamilton Books
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He had always known what I did not know and what, when I learned it, I was always able to forget. But I did not know that then, although I learned it later. ✨ Ernest Hemingway (2016). A Farewell to Arms, p.8, Hamilton Books

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