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

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

Other quotes by Ernest Hemingway

Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime. – Ernest Hemingway

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War
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Personal columnists are jackals and no jackal has been known to live on grass once he had learned about meat — no matter who killed the meat for him. – Ernest Hemingway

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Journalism
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The bad apples are at the top. They enjoy murdering the innocent people. – James Dye

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A bad forgerys the ultimate insult. – Jonathan Gash

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I have often noticed that a bribe has that effect — it changes a relation. The man who offers a bribe gives away a little of his own importance; the bribe once accepted, he becomes the inferior, like a man who has paid for a woman. – Graham Greene

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When rich villains have need of poor ones, poor ones may make what price they will. – William Shakespeare

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I was lucky. My family is wonderful. And its funny, because most of my best friends come from very large families. So it always felt as if I had lots of siblings, though in the end I had to leave them and go home. I kind of got the best of both worlds as a kid. – Sophia Bush

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There is a sanctity involved with bringing a child into this world: it is better than bombing one out of it. – James Baldwin

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You cant depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. – Mark Twain

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