Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.

Ernest Hemingway

The Old Man and the Sea

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Topic

Making the most

Author

Ernest Hemingway

Source

The Old Man and the Sea

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Hemingway, Ernest. The Old Man and the Sea. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952.

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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

For Whom the Bell Tolls

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Topic
The world Death
Speaker
Robert Jordan

Author

Ernest Hemingway
Source
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Medium
Novel
Genre
War novel
Language
English
Time
1940 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom the Bell Tolls. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940, ch. 43.

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The human body is the best picture of the human soul.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Philosophical Investigations

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Topic
Human body Body and soul

Author

Ludwig Wittgenstein
Source
Philosophical Investigations
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
German
Time
1953 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Wittgenstein, Ludwig. Philosophische Untersuchungen [Philosophical Investigations]. Suhrkamp, 1953, pt. 2.

Current Citation

Wittgenstein, Ludwig. Philosophical Investigations, translated by G. E. M. Anscombe, et. al., edited by P. M. S. Hacker and Joachim Schulte. Wiley Blackwell, 2009, pt. 2.

Another quote of the following type Advice

Looke ere ye leape.

John Heywood

Proverbs (Heywood)

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Topic
Caution Prudence

Author

John Heywood
Source
Proverbs (Heywood)
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages Advice
Language
English
Time
1580 1580s 16th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Heywood, John. The Proverbs of John Heywood. London: George Bell and Sons, 1874, pt. 1, ch. 2.