The man was a poseur, a coward and a liar. I read that he bragged about shooting an unarmed German prisoner of war, a young lieutenant. I couldn't fine the specific reference, but I did find on the Internet this, "Hemingway's murky World War II 'Combat' Experience."
"In every battle the eyes are the first to be conquered..."
- Tacitus, Germania
"One must work in solitude as a man who opens a clearing in virgin forest, sustained by the unique hope that somewhere in its depths, others are working to the same end."
- Ernst Jünger
"I find that I must go handsomely, whatever it costs me, and the charge will be made up in the fruit it brings."
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He famously said that he needed to kill things in order to stop killing himself.
What a great life this guy had...other than the shooting himself in the head part.
The man was a poseur, a coward and a liar. I read that he bragged about shooting an unarmed German prisoner of war, a young lieutenant. I couldn't fine the specific reference, but I did find on the Internet this, "Hemingway's murky World War II 'Combat' Experience."
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Correspondent+or+warrior%3f+Hemingway%27s+murky+World+War+II+%22combat%22...-a094775664
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