He liked the works of his friends, which is beautiful as loyalty but can be disastrous as judgement.
Interpretation
Loyalty to friends can be admirable, but it may cloud one's judgment.
Ernest Hemingway's quote highlights the fine balance between loyalty to friends and the necessity of objective judgment. While it is commendable to support and appreciate the work of friends, blind loyalty can lead to poor decision-making and evaluative shortcomings, as one may overlook flaws for the sake of camaraderie.
In practice
In a speech about teamwork, this quote can illustrate the importance of support paired with critical thinking.
He no longer dreamed of storms, nor of women, nor of great occurrences, nor of great fish, nor fights, nor contests of strength, nor of his wife. He only dreamed of places now and the lions on the beach. They played like young cats in the dusk and he loved them as he loved the boy. He never dreamed about the boy. He simply woke, looked out the open door at the moon and unrolled his trousers and put them on.
How did you go bankrupt?" Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.
When you have shot one bird flying you have shot all birds flying. They are all different and they fly in different ways but the sensation is the same and the last one is as good as the first.
There is never any ending to Paris and the memory of each person who has lived in it differs from that of any other. We always returned to it no matter who we were or how it was changed or with what difficulties, or ease, it could be reached. Paris was always worth it and you received return for whatever you brought to it. But this is how Paris was in the early days when we were very poor and very happy.
Wine is the most civilized thing in the world.
There is no rule on how to write. Sometimes it comes easily and perfectly; sometimes it's like drilling rock and then blasting it out with charges.
Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.
To this day, some of my closest friends say, 'Gaga, you know, everything's great. You're a singer; your dreams have come true.' But, still, when certain things are said to you over and over again as you're growing up, it stays with you and you wonder if they're true.
Good company, good wine, good welcome, can make good people.
I have female friends who work in all different mediums who I speak to at least once a week. It helps me so much to know that I'm not alone. I think that's the bare minimum you need to sustain yourself - some sort of context of other women making things.
In life you throw a ball. You hope it will reach a wall and bounce back so you can throw it again. You hope your friends will provide that wall.
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
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