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Quotation from A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

“The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places.”

Ernest Hemingway (spoken by Frederic Henry)

A Farewell to Arms, Book IV, Chapter XXXIV (Project Gutenberg #75201 (Scribner's, 1929))

Portrait of Ernest Hemingway

Reunited with Catherine at Stresa, Frederic reflects on courage and on a world that kills the very good, the very gentle and the very brave.

Citation: "The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places." — Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Book IV, Chapter XXXIV (Project Gutenberg #75201 (Scribner's, 1929)). (id a-farewell-to-arms-q6)

Virtues: Fortitude

Portrait: ErnestHemingway, Lloyd Arnold, Public domain.

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