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“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.”
EVEQUOTE ARCHIVE // Quote by Ernest Hemingway
“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.”
Ernest Hemingway
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AuthorErnest Hemingway
DisciplineNovelist
Born21 July 1899
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Biography
Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist. His economical and understated style had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his life of adventure and his public image influenced later generations.
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