Ernest Hemingway's Quote - Decadence is a difficult word to use since it has become little mo

Quote by Ernest Hemingway

Decadence is a difficult word to use since it has become little more than a term of abuse applied by critics to anything they do not yet understand or which seems to differ from their moral concepts. – Ernest Hemingway

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All my life Ive looked at words as though I were seeing them for the first time. – Ernest Hemingway

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Life

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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

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War

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Im not going to get into the ring with Tolstoy. – Ernest Hemingway

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