No, that is the great fallacy: the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful. by Ernest Hemingway

• Ernest Hemingway | American

  
  
  Profession: Novelist
  Born: July 21, 1899
  Died: July 2, 1961
  Ernest Hemingway, a Nobel Prize-winning author, is known for his concise style and works like The Old Man and the Sea, reflecting themes of courage, resilience, and the human condition.
  Ernest Hemingway was a Nobel Prize-winning author, best known for his works The Old Man and the Sea and A Farewell to Arms.
  
  

  No, that is the great fallacy: the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful.

  Ernest Hemingway

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