Unlike all other forms of lute or combat the conditions are that the winner shall take nothing; neither his ease, nor his pleasure, nor any notions of glory; nor, if he wins far enough, shall there be any reward within himself.
Ernest Hemingway
Related And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be nor more death, neither sorrow... BIBLE Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, no... BIBLE Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times. BIBLE All persons shall have full and free liberty of religious opinion; nor shall any be compelled to fre... THOMAS JEFFERSON Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or... ANONYMOUS Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that he... BIBLE He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. BIBLE no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoeve... THOMAS JEFFERSON He that keeps nor crust nor crumb,
Weary of all shall want some. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The apple tree never asks the beech how he shall grow, nor the lion the horse, how he shall take his... WILLIAM BLAKE The apple tree never asks the beech how he shall grow, nor the lion, the horse, how he shall take hi... WILLIAM BLAKE Hold you there, neither a strange hand nor my own, neither heavy nor light shall touch my bum. MIGUEL DE CERVANTES Hold you there, neither a strange hand nor my own, neither heavy nor light shall touch my bum. MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA We are gentlemen that neither in our hearts nor outward eyes envy the great nor shall the low despis... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard... BIBLE For I am convinced that neither death nor life neither angels nor demons neither the present nor the... ANONYMOUS Neither evil tongues, rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, nor greetings where no kindness... WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness... WILLIAM WORDSWORTH There is no reason to feel lost, for: Nothing is ever really lost, or can be lost, No birth, identit... NICHOLAS SPARKS A man cannot free himself by any self-denying ordinances, neither by water nor potatoes, nor by viol... RALPH WALDO EMERSON Look upon good books; they are true friends, that will neither flatter nor dissemble: be you but tru... FRANCIS BACON Nor do I think that any other nation than this of Wales, nor any other language, whatever may hereaf... GIRALDUS CAMBRENSIS And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voic... BIBLE At the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be wit... THEODORE ROOSEVELT I’m not now, nor shall I ever be, any man’s arm candy. J.J. MCAVOY To thee, O God, we turn for peace; but grant us, too, the blessed assurance that nothing shall depri... SØREN KIERKEGAARD The morning was a wretched time of day for him. He feared it and it never brought him any good. On n... HERMANN HESSE The city of Memphis has demonstrated that neither character nor standing avails the Negro if he dare... IDA B. WELLS Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manse... BIBLE Stop this day and night with me and you shall possess the origin of all poems, You shall posses... WALT WHITMAN If I know that I shall be as an angel, and more; if I shall behold all God has made; if he shall own... MATTHEW SIMPSON Neither you nor I nor Einstein nor the Supreme Court of the United States is brilliant enough to rea... DALE CARNEGIE When wasteful war shall statues overturn, And broils root out the work of masonry, Nor Mar... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE They say that it were great reproof to the king to take again what he has given, so that they will n... JACK CADE Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy whe... WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth. We are happy whe... WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Who letts his wife goe to every feast, and his horse drinke at
every water, shall neither have good... GEORGE HERBERT Shall I ask you how the church is to be filled, if a man is neither to take orders with a living, no... JANE AUSTEN He that keeps not crust nor crum
Weary of all, shall want some. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE For this is the Great Deed that our Lord shall do, in which Deed He shall save His word and He shall... JULIAN OF NORWICH We shall neither fail nor falter; we shall not weaken or tire...give us the tools and we will finish... WINSTON CHURCHILL Infinites, when considered absolutely without any restriction or limitation, are neither equal nor u... ISAAC NEWTON Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall re... BIBLE What shall I say, O Muslims, I know not myself, I am neither a Christian, nor a Jew, nor a Zoroastri... RUMI When the souls rise up in glory, yours shall not be shunned nor sunderered, but shall be the prize o... LOIS MCMASTER BUJOLD Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place? / He that hath cle... BIBLE That some Forms of Government are preferable to others, cannot be doubted; yet neither our Saviour, ... CHARLES INGLIS Neither the United States nor any other party can impose a solution, BOB DOLE Neither Savannah nor Brunswick has any kind of safe mooring or anchorage, LARRY GREENE Nor is there any law more just, than that he who has plotted
death shall perish by his own plot.
... OVID (PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO) Ged had neither lost nor won but, naming the shadow of his death with his own name, had made himself... URSULA K. LE GUIN For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruit... BIBLE The atrocious crime of being a young man . . . I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny. WILLIAM PITT THE ELDER His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. BIBLE It neither is reason nor in any wise to be suffered that the young king, our master and kinsman, sho... RICHARD III OF ENGLAND Here lies he who neither feared nor flattered any flesh JAMES DOUGLAS And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the... BIBLE From too much love of living From hope and fear set free, We thank with brief thanksgiving... ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE Courage charms us, because it indicates that a man loves an idea better than all things in the world... RALPH WALDO EMERSON I am neither a homosexual nor a eunuch, nor have I ever taken any vows of chastity. J. PAUL GETTY I am neither a child, a young man, nor an ancient; nor am I of any caste. GURU NANAK I am neither a child, a young man, nor an ancient; nor am I of any caste GURU NANAK Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall ... BIBLE No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but... BIBLE We must conclude that there is neither good faith nor commitment on the part of any of the parties. BABA GANA KINGIBE A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of ... BIBLE Comfort me by a solemn Assurance, that when the little Parlour in which I sit at this Instant, shall... HENRY FIELDING No senior official -- neither the interior minister, nor the defense or justice ministers, nor the p... LIONEL JOSPIN It is right and necessary that all men should have work to do which shall be worth doing, and be of ... WILLIAM MORRIS Second, 14 years have lapsed and neither any concrete evidence of conspiracy has come forward nor ar... PRAKASH JAVADEKAR Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll thei... BIBLE Neither Pagan nor Mahamedan nor Jew ought to be excluded from the civil rights of the Commonwealth b... THOMAS JEFFERSON Of men who have a sense of honor, more come through alive than are slain, but from those who flee co... HOMER Whoever utters 'Kafkaesque' has neither fathomed nor intuited nor felt the impress of Kafka&... CYNTHIA OZICK When the soul is naughted and transformed, then of herself she neither works nor speaks nor wills, n... ST. CATHERINE OF GENOA There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus BIBLE Neither the Army nor the Navy is of any protection, or very little protection, against aerial raids. ALEXANDER BELL Neither the Army nor the Navy is of any protection, or very little protection, against aerial raids. ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL Neither the player nor his number were recognizable. KLAUS BEIER There is no more sagacious animal than the Icelandic horse. He is stopped by neither snow, nor storm... JULES VERNE There is no greater glory than love, nor any great punishment than jealously. LOPE DE VEGA There is no greater glory than love, nor any greater punishment than jealousy. LOPE DE VEGA Those who believe (in the Qur'an), and those who follow the Jewish (scriptures), and the Christians ... ABDULLAH YUSUF ALI The idea of the past is as useless as the idea of the future. Both could be invoked by anybody about... RICHARD FLANAGAN The idea of the past is as useless as the idea of the future. Both could be invoked by anybody about... RICHARD FLANAGAN The game is an analogy for life: there are not enough chairs or good times to go around, not enough ... STEVE TOLTZ Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LO... BIBLE He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the e... WILLIAM PENN He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the e... WILLIAM PENN Enjoy the present hour, be mindful of the past; And neither fear nor wish the Approaches of the last... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN He that has neither fools, whores nor beggars among his kindred, is the son of a thunder-gust BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Naught is possessed, neither gold, nor land nor love, nor life, nor peace, nor even sorrow nor death... D.H. LAWRENCE Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned? / It is neither ... BIBLE As far as Saddam Hussein being a great military strategist, he is neither a strategist, nor is he ... GENERAL NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF Many things, for aught I know, may exist, whereof neither I nor any other man hath or can have any i... GEORGE BERKELEY if being is many, it must be both like and unlike, and this is impossible, for neither can the like ... ZENO OF CITIUM Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father's sins which he hath done, and considereth, an... BIBLE There is not now, nor has there ever been, any question about his performance. CHARLES GRIBBLE [If] a man doesn't have a job or an income, he has neither life nor liberty nor the possibility for ... MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. He is neither a strategist nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is... NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF
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ERNEST HEMINGWAY A serious writer is not to be confounded with a solemn writer. A serious writer may be a hawk or a b... ERNEST HEMINGWAY In modern war... you will die like a dog for no good reason. ERNEST HEMINGWAY Develop a built-in bullshit detector. ERNEST HEMINGWAY I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad ... ERNEST HEMINGWAY As you get older, it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary ERNEST HEMINGWAY Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words? He thinks I don't know the ten... ERNEST HEMINGWAY Forget your personal tragedy. We are all bitched from the start and you especially have to be hurt l... ERNEST HEMINGWAY you can't get away from yourself by moving from one place to another. ERNEST HEMINGWAY You never kill anyone you want to kill in a war, he said to himself. ERNEST HEMINGWAY If people bring so much courage to this world the world has to kill them to break them, so of course... ERNEST HEMINGWAY I kissed her hard and held her tight and tried to open her lips; they were closed tight. ERNEST HEMINGWAY I might say that what amateurs call a style is usually only the unavoidable awkwardnesses in first t... ERNEST HEMINGWAY We have come out of the time when obedience, the acceptance of discipline, intelligent courage, and ... ERNEST HEMINGWAY Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, the ... ERNEST HEMINGWAY All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened and after you are f... ERNEST HEMINGWAY That is the greatest fallacy, the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful. ERNEST HEMINGWAY Certainly there is no hunting like the hunting of man and those who have hunted armed men long enoug... ERNEST HEMINGWAY Things may not be immediately discernible in what a man writes, and in this sometimes he is fortunat... ERNEST HEMINGWAY Certainly it is valuable to a trained writer to crash in an aircraft which burns. He learns several ... ERNEST HEMINGWAY Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime. ERNEST HEMINGWAY The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both brin... ERNEST HEMINGWAY There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and lik... ERNEST HEMINGWAY Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. ERNEST HEMINGWAY There are events which are so great that if a writer has participated in them his obligation is to w... ERNEST HEMINGWAY I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen. ERNEST HEMINGWAY An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools. ERNEST HEMINGWAY Never mistake motion for action. ERNEST HEMINGWAY If a writer knows enough about what he is writing about, he may omit things that he knows. The digni... ERNEST HEMINGWAY Hesitation increases in relation to risk in equal proportion to age. ERNEST HEMINGWAY The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places. ERNEST HEMINGWAY There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to... ERNEST HEMINGWAY I always rewrite each day up to the point where I stopped. When it is all finished, naturally you go... ERNEST HEMINGWAY But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated. ERNEST HEMINGWAY From things that have happened and from things as they exist and from all things that you know and a... ERNEST HEMINGWAY All things truly wicked start from innocence. ERNEST HEMINGWAY There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your... ERNEST HEMINGWAY I don't know who made the laws; But I know there ain't no law that you got to go hungry. ERNEST HEMINGWAY The first and final thing you have to do in this world is to last it and not be smashed by it. ERNEST HEMINGWAY I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know? ERNEST HEMINGWAY For a true writer, each book should be a new beginning where he tries again for something that is be... ERNEST HEMINGWAY Pound's crazy. All poets are. They have to be. You don't put a poet like Pound in the loony ... ERNEST HEMINGWAY Never go on trips with anyone you do not love. ERNEST HEMINGWAY