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Now they have beaten me, he thought. I am too old to club sharks to death. But I will try it as long as I have the oars and the short club and the tiller.
ERNEST HEMINGWAY • THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA: LIBRARY ROAD CLASSIC

Il faisait très beau. Les marronniers du Luxembourg étaient en fleur. On ressentait cette agréable impression que procure, de bonne heure, le début d'un jour très chaud.
Ernest Hemingway, Jean Prévost, • Le soleil se lève aussi (French Edition)

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The old man paid no attention to them and did not pay any attention to anything except steering. He only noticed how lightly and bow well the skiff sailed now there was no great weight beside her.