Ernest Hemingway on Philosophy
Browse 5 quotations attributed to Ernest Hemingway, catalogued under Philosophy, with dates where available.
This page displays 5 quotations attributed to Ernest Hemingway and filed under "Philosophy" in QuoteLineage. The selection is ordered by stored importance and quality scores, not citation counts. A topic label describes how an entry is catalogued; it does not establish the theme's importance in the author's work.
Attributed to Ernest Hemingway, entry #238335: "If you have a success, you have it for the wrong reasons. If you become popular it is always because of the worst aspects of your work."
Attributed to Ernest Hemingway, entry #72632: "Being against evil doesn't make you good. Tonight I was against it and then I was evil myself."
5 Quotes by Ernest Hemingway on Philosophy
"If you have a success, you have it for the wrong reasons. If you become popular it is always because of the worst aspects of your work."
"Being against evil doesn't make you good. Tonight I was against it and then I was evil myself."
"We had spoken about death without being morbid about it and I had told Antonio what I thought about it which is worthless since none of us knows anything about it."
"No weapon has ever settled a moral problem. It can impose a solution but it cannot guarantee it to be a just one. You can wipe out your opponents. But if you do it unjustly you become eligible for being wiped out yourself."
"I've been in love (truly) with five women, the Spanish Republic and the 4th Infantry Division."