"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.“

-Ernest Hemingway

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Ernest Hemingway quote about Time: "An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools."

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"For a war to be just three conditions are necessary - public authority, just cause, right motive."

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"They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country. But in modern war, there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason."

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