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“Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.” -Ernest Hemingway, The Garden of Eden
by oliveshell 4y ago
“Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.”
-Ernest Hemingway, The Garden of Eden
- dredmorbius 4y agoHemingway had his own demons. His impressions may not be unbiased. Still, interesting anecdote.
- retcore 4y agoBon môt. Anecdotes are historical or much more rarely fanciful but never fictional exemplary stories. The fictional variety may be called a vignette.
- dredmorbius 4y agoMy point is perhaps better illustrated by this ... anecdote. One of my favourite books of quotations features a number of same on the subject of women and/or marriage by Oscar Wilde. The editor includes this gem of a note: "Oscar Wilde cannot be taken as an authority on the subject of women." To which I can only say: consider the source and weight accordingly.
- yamtaddle 4y agoCareful taking quotes from fiction as expressing positions endorsed or held by the author. Though, in this case... maybe.
- yboris 4y agoHemingway's life is insane - listen to a 3-minute comedy routine about it by Randy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUB9D78ajmI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUB9D78ajmI