But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

Ernest Hemingway

The Old Man and the Sea

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Topic

Perseverance Resilience Defeat Human nature

Speaker

Santiago

Author

Ernest Hemingway

Source

The Old Man and the Sea

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

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United States

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Citation

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

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It was all a nothing and a man was nothing too. It was only that and light was all it needed and a certain cleanness and order. Some lived in it and never felt it but he knew it all was nada y pues nada y nada y pues nada. Our nada who art in nada, nada be thy name thy kingdom nada thy will be nada in nada as it is in nada. Give us this nada our daily nada and nada us our nada as we nada our nadas and nada us not into nada but deliver us from nada; pues nada. Hail nothing full of nothing, nothing is with thee.

Ernest Hemingway

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Meaninglessness

Author

Ernest Hemingway
Source
A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
Medium
Short story
Language
English
Time
1933 1930s 20th century
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Original Citation

Hemingway, Ernest. "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place." Scribner's Magazine, Mar. 1933.

Current Citation

Hemingway, Ernest. "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place." The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway. Scribner, 1998.

Another quote from the 1950s

Cheese, milk's leap toward immortality.

Clifton Fadiman

The Complete Book of Cheese

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Cheese

Author

Clifton Fadiman
Source
The Complete Book of Cheese
Language
English
Time
1955 1950s 20th century
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Citation

Fadiman, Clifton. The Complete Book of Cheese. Gramercy Publishing Company, 1955, introduction.

Another quote about Human nature

Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice, without constraint.

Alexander Hamilton

Federalist 15

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Political theory Government Politics Human nature

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Alexander Hamilton
Source
Federalist 15 The Federalist Papers
Medium
Essay
Genre
Political literature
Language
English
Time
1787 1780s 18th century
Era
American Revolutionary Period
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Original Citation

Hamilton, Alexander [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 15: The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union." Independent Journal, 1 Dec. 1787.

Current Citation

Hamilton, Alexander. "No. 15: Its great defect: can only legislate for states.--Hamilton." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.