modern · american-literature

Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway · 1899–1961

Prose as iceberg. A few sentences from the collection — including one that circulates more widely than it can be sourced.

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.

Hemingway commonly attributed

Characternobilityselfimprovement

The world breaks everyone, and afterward many are strong at the broken places.

Adversitybrokenstrengthworld

Courage is grace under pressure.

Couragegracepressurecourage