Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For …

Ernest Hemingway
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Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For defeat brings worse things than any that can ever happen in war. ✨ Ernest Hemingway, William Kozlenko (1942). Men at War: The Best War Stories of All Time, New York : Crown Publishers
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Every day is a new day. It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready. ✨ Ernest Hemingway (2014). The Hemingway Collection, p.7211, Simon and Schuster
My training was never to drink after dinner nor before I wrote nor while I was writing. ✨ Ernest Hemingway (2014). Moveable Feast: The Restored Edition, p.143, Simon and Schuster
Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. ✨ Ernest Hemingway (2008). The Good Life According to Hemingway, Ecco
I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?
I don't like to write like God. It is only because you never do it, though, that the critics think you can't do it. ✨ Ernest Hemingway, Carlos Baker (2003). Ernest Hemingway Selected Letters 1917-196 … ▶

Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For defeat brings worse things than any that can ever happen in war. ✨ Ernest Hemingway, William Kozlenko (1942). Men at War: The Best War Stories of All Time, New York : Crown Publishers

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