Chinese and English versions of Hemingway's famous sayings "The Old Man and the Sea"

1. But man is not made for defeat, A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

Man is not born for failure. You can destroy him but you cannot defeat him.

2. All good books have one thing in common - they are truer than if they had really happened.

All good books have one thing in common - they are truer than if they had really happened. The incident is still real.

3. All things truly wicked start from innocence.

All evil things start from innocence.

4. Courage is grace under pressure.

Courage is grace under pressure.

5. Fear of death increases in exact proportion to increase in wealth.

People’s fear of death increases in exact proportion to increase in wealth.

6. Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

7. If a writer knows enough about what he is writing about, he may omit things that he knows. The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one ninth of it being above water.

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If a writer knows a lot about what he is writing about, he will miss something. The great thing about an iceberg is that only one-ninth of it floats above the water.

8. I learned never to empty the well of my writing, but always to stop when there was still something there in the deep part of the well, and let it refill at night from the springs that fed it .

I have learned a truth: I should never empty my creative well, but I should stop when there is still some water in the creative well, and then let the spring water that replenishes it at night fill it up on its own. .

9. It's none of their business that you have to learn how to write. Let them think you were born that way.

It's none of their business that you have to learn how to write. Make them think you were born to write.

10. Once we have a war there is only one thing to do, It must be won, For defeat brings worse things than any that can ever happen in war.

Every time There is only one thing we can do to start a war. That's winning the war. Because the consequences of failure are more terrible than anything caused by war.

11. The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

12. The man who has begun to live more seriously within begins to live more simply without.

The more serious the mind, the more simple the appearance.

13. The world is a fine place and worth the fighting for and I hate very much to leave it.

The world is a fine place and worth the fighting for. I really don't want to leave this world.

14. There is no friend as loyal as a book.

A book is more loyal to you than a friend.

15. When writing a novel a writer should create living people; people not characters, A character is a caricature.

When writing a novel, the author should create living people; people not characters, A character is a caricature.

Not a character. The characters are just like caricatures.