The Old Man and the Sea (Primary source)
Ernest Hemingway’s novella The Old Man and the Sea is a poignant tale of resilience, dignity, and man’s relationship with nature. Published in 1952, it is one of Hemingway’s most celebrated works and was instrumental in securing him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954.
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“The world is a fine place and worth the fighting for and I hate very much to leave it.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source“Never to go on trips with anyone you do not love.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source“The coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave but one.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source“How did you go bankrupt? Two ways, gradually and then suddenly.”
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“Let him think I am more man than I am and I will be so.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source“No man ever was glorious who was not laborious.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“If a man owns land, the land owns him.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“Commit a crime, and the earth is made of glass.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source