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Ernest Hemingway Quotes:

Ocupation: Author

Life: July 21, 1899 - July 2, 1961

Birthday: July 21

Death: July 2

They were beaten to start with. They were beaten when they took them from their farms and put them in the army. That is why the peasant has wisdom, because he is defeated from the start. Put him in power and see how wise he is.

- Ernest Hemingway

source: Ernest Hemingway (2014). “The Hemingway Collection”, p.184, Simon and Schuster

topic: Wise, Life Lesson, Army, Farewell To Arms

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