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September 25, 2025

…that is the great fallacy; the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful.

Ernest Hemingway (1898–1961), American writer, A Farewell to Arms (1929), Seldes p.180

Surprised? Aren’t most wise men reticent? Taciturn? Careful…of what?

And, sadly, sometimes suicidal.


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