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There is no lonelier man in death, except the suicide, than that man who has lived many years with a good wife and then outlived her. If two people love each other there can be no happy end to it.
Ernest Hemingway
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"There is no lonelier man in death, except the suicide, than that man who has lived many years with a good wife and then outlived her. If two people love each other there can be no happy end to it."
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There is no lonelier man in death, except the suicide, than that man who has lived many years with a good wife and then outlived her. If two people love each other there can be no happy end to it. — Ernest Hemingway

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Ernest Hemingway was a Novelist from United States (1899–1961).

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Who said "There is no lonelier man in death, except the suicide, than that man who has li…"?
This quote is attributed to Ernest Hemingway, a Novelist from United States.
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Ernest Hemingway lived from 1899 – 1961.
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