https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Thu, 17 Sep 2026 19:54:07 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.5 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.5 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 https://wist.info/hemingway-ernest/86103/ https://wist.info/hemingway-ernest/86103/#respond Thu, 17 Sep 2026 17:13:03 +0000 Dave https://wist.info/?p=86103 The “glory” of war is a lie sold by cowards in suits. You don’t die a hero; you die screaming in your own filth while a politician cashes a check.

Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American writer
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Hemingway was no fan of the "romance" of war (see For Whom the Bell Tolls and A Farewell to Arms for examples such as this, or his essay "Notes on the Next War," e.g., here), but this passage, popular on social media, is not found in Hemingway's fiction, letters, or other writings, and doesn't appear to predate 2024. ]]> https://wist.info/hemingway-ernest/86103/feed/ 0 86103