Abraham Lincoln vs. Ernest Hemingway
Read 20 entries attributed to Abraham Lincoln alongside 20 attributed to Ernest Hemingway. Compare the wording and topic labels.
This page places 20 entries attributed to Abraham Lincoln alongside 20 attributed to Ernest Hemingway. Each selection is ordered by stored importance score. These are selections from QuoteLineage, not complete accounts of either author's work.
Topic labels present in both displayed selections: love, life, books. Shared labels do not by themselves demonstrate agreement, disagreement, or influence between the authors.
Attributed to Abraham Lincoln, entry #171: "I hope I am over wary; but if I am not, there is, even now, something of ill-omen, amongst us. I mean the increasing disregard for law which pervades the country; the growing disp…"
Attributed to Ernest Hemingway, entry #1194: "Oh Jake," Brett said, "We could have had such a damned good time together."Ahead was a mounted policeman in khaki directing traffic. He raised his baton. The car slowed suddenly, …"
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Abraham Lincoln
1744 – 1786
Abraham Lincoln (1809) was the 16th President of the United States, who led the nation through the Civil War and abolished slavery.
"I hope I am over wary; but if I am not, there is, even now, something of ill-omen, amongst us. I mean the increasing disregard for law which pervades the cou…"
#Epistemology"They believe that the Congress of the United States has no power under the Constitution to interfere with the institution of slavery in the different States."
#Politics"A stanza of Lincoln's "On Seduction" (1837-39) as conveyed by James H. Matheny (1865 or 1866)"
#Politics"Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed…"
#Metaphysics"Resolutions upon the subject of domestic slavery having passed both branches of the General Assembly at its present session, the undersigned hereby protest a…"
#Politics"I have now come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason; I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough t…"
#Epistemology"They believe that the institution of slavery is founded on both injustice and bad policy, but that the promulgation of Abolition doctrines tends rather to in…"
#Politics"Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves."
#Politics"These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert to fleece the people, and now that they have got into a quarrel with themselves, we are called up…"
#Politics"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
#Politics"The true rule, in determining to embrace, or reject any thing, is not whether it have any evil in it; but whether it have more of evil, than of good. There a…"
#truth"Inasmuch as our country is extensive and new, and the countries of Europe are densely populated, if there are any abroad who desire to make this the land of …"
#love"All portions of this confederacy should act in harmony and with careful deliberation. The Democrats cry John Brown invasion. We are guiltless of it, but our …"
#freedom"I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how he could look up into the heavens and s…"
#nature"When you have got an elephant by the hind leg, and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run."
"The best way to predict your future is to create it."
#life"Poetry written by Abraham Lincoln"
#books"So you're the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war!"
#books"The severest justice may not always be the best policy."
#justice"When I so pressingly urge a strict observance of all the laws, let me not be understood as saying there are no bad laws, or that grievances may not arise for…"
#lifeErnest Hemingway
1899 – 1961
Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist. Known for an economical, understated style that influenced later 20th-century writers, he has been romanticized for his adventurous lifestyle and outspoken, blunt public image. Some of his seven novels, six short-story collections and two non-fiction works have become classics of American literature, and he was awarded the 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature.
"Oh Jake," Brett said, "We could have had such a damned good time together."Ahead was a mounted policeman in khaki directing traffic. He raised his baton. The…"
#love"Maybe...you'll fall in love with me all over again.""Hell," I said, "I love you enough now. What do you want to do? Ruin me?""Yes. I want to ruin you.""Good,…"
#love"Never fall in love?""Always," said the count. "I am always in love."
#love"When you love you wish to do things for. You wish to sacrifice for. You wish to serve."
#love"If two people love each other there can be no happy end to it."
#love"Easy writing makes hard reading."
#books"This looking and not seeing things was a great sin, I thought, and one that was easy to fall into. It was always the beginning of something bad and I thought…"
#mind"All things truly wicked start from an innocence."
#art"If a writer of prose knows enough about what he is writing about he may omit things that he knows, and the reader, if the writer is writing truly enough, wil…"
#writing"Actually if a writer needs a dictionary he should not write. He should have read the dictionary at least three times from beginning to end and then have loan…"
#writing"All my life I've looked at words as though I were seeing them for the first time."
#life"I wonder what your idea of heaven would be — A beautiful vacuum filled with wealthy monogamists. All powerful and members of the best families all drinking t…"
#literature"Write me at the Hotel Quintana, Pamplona, Spain. Or don't you like to write letters. I do because it's such a swell way to keep from working and yet feel you…"
#work"The only thing that could spoil a day was people.... People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few that were as good as spring itself."
#time"SparkNotes of The Old Man And The Sea"
#music"Dying was nothing and he had no picture of it nor fear of it in his mind. But living was a field of grain blowing in the wind on the side of a hill. Living w…"
#death"They say the seeds of what we will do are in all of us, but it always seemed to me that in those who make jokes in life the seeds are covered with better soi…"
#humor"The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shock-proof, shit detector. This is the writer's radar and all great writers have had it."
#writing"Don't you drink? I notice you speak slightingly of the bottle. I have drunk since I was fifteen and few things have given me more pleasure. When you work har…"
#time"The rich were dull and they drank too much or they played too much backgammon. They were dull and they were repetitious. He remembered poor Julian and his ro…"
#money