“The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed.”
~ Ernest Hemingway
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Oh dear, I feel wounded and on my way to destruction.
Laughing.
Sadly, this is oftentimes true. I’ve known a couple of these people, and losing them was doubly difficult,….
Yes…me too Lori.
Only Hemingway could take something that beautiful and make it depressing.
Hilarious. He does state “sometimes destroyed” and not all times. Look at the beauty and the promise…
Right. Rise out of my eternal pessimism and try to see the light, huh?
NOW, THIS IS FUNNY. At least you own up…
Interesting. I read The Paris Wife and the more I learned about his first wife, the more I liked her. The more I learned about Hemingway, the less I liked him.
Everyone is beginning to pile on my Man. Poor guy.
The Paris Wife — IMO a watered down, slanted recounting of their story. I read it then reread A Moveable Feast and The Sun Also Rises. Felt better about Hemingway, Hadley — life…. He was among other things a Cad — admittedly. She was not the best wife near as I can tell. Lost the suitcase full of his work (why did she bring it all?) Showed up after they’d been apart without the birth control measures the couple were used to counting on. Neither of them was perfect. But Hemingway was probably the better writer.
Nice recap Frank…I don’t have anywhere the near the background and history that you have been the morsels that I know, hang off your recap nicely.
Corporate America destroys these people daily.
Now that’s nice.
hey, I’m just telling it like I see it. Isn’t that what Ernie would want me to do?
Laughing. I expected nothing less.
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Hi Anake. Thanks for sharing. Don’t you sleep Down Under?
very insightful; vulnerability as both the answer to genuine humanity and our achilles heel …
Yes…Ernest had it figured out…
That explains a lot…
I don’t know how I feel about this quote. I just…don’t know. But it definitely gives me something to think about. Thanks for sharing.
And that’s all we can ask.
Quote had same reaction on me. Stopped my in my tracks for a bit and I’m still thinking about it.
And that is what makes them Phenomenal
Yes!
I think virtues like these can make a person vulnerable..the sad unknowable is to what degree.
Yes, danger exists at the extremes.
Its a price to be paid if one wants to be best.
Yes, that’s it Indira. I’m with you.
Thanks, let’s settled to mediocrity or you want to be the best?
Hmmmmmm. Mediocrity in some things. But we’re gunning for the best in things that matter. How’s that for splitting the beans?
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Thanks for sharing Francisco.
This quote could be applied to President Obama.
This has been in my mind on and off today. I just shared it on Facebook saying:
“I’m not sure that people with the virtues Hemingway describes so well are any more venerable than the rest of us. I suppose if one of these paragons expects to be rewarded fully disappointment may easily set in.”
Not venerable — vulnerable of course. ;>)
And on my mind on and off for a few days. Vulnerable of course…
Thanks Frank
Trail blazers threaten the status quo and face being persecuted and killed.
Yes…