Ernest Hemingway Quote

It's enough for you to do it once for a few men to remember you. But if you do it year after year, then many people remember you and they tell it to their children, and their children and grandchildren remember and, if it concerns books, they can read them. And if it's good enough, it will last as long as there are human beings.


As quoted in "Portrait of Mr. Papa" by Malcolm Cowley in LIFE magazine (10 January 1949)


It's enough for you to do it once for a few men to remember you. But if you do it year after year, then many people remember you and they tell it to...

It's enough for you to do it once for a few men to remember you. But if you do it year after year, then many people remember you and they tell it to...

It's enough for you to do it once for a few men to remember you. But if you do it year after year, then many people remember you and they tell it to...

It's enough for you to do it once for a few men to remember you. But if you do it year after year, then many people remember you and they tell it to...