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A man is a worker. If he is not that he is nothing.

Joseph Conrad

What makes mankind tragic is not that they are the victims of nature, it is that they are conscious of it.
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Conscience Kind Man Nature Tragedy Victim
Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.
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Deal Difficult Man Terrible Woman
Everything can be found at sea according to the spirit of your quest.
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Ocean Sea Spirit Yourself
All creative art is magic, is evocation of the unseen in forms persuasive, enlightening, familiar and surprising.
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Art Creative Magic Surprise
All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind.
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Ambition Exception Kind Law Man
Facing it, always facing it, that’s the way to get through. Face it.
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Face Hard Time Inspirational Way
The sea – this truth must be confessed – has no generosity. No display of manly qualities – courage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness – has ever been known to touch its irresponsible consciousness of power.
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Confession Courage Endurance Faith Generation Power Quality Sea Touch Truth
They were conquerors, and for that you want only brute force–nothing to boast of, when you have it, since your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others.
JOSEPH CONRAD

Brutal Force Strength Weakness Yourself
Few men realize that their life, the very essence of their character, their capabilities and their audacities, are only the expression of their belief in the safety of their surroundings.
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Audacity Belief Character Essence Expression Life Man Safety Surround
Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life.
JOSEPH CONRAD

Art Imagination Invention Life Master
It is my belief no man ever understands quite his own artful dodges to escape from the grim shadow of self knowledge.
JOSEPH CONRAD

Art Belief Escape Knowledge Man Quite Shadow Understand
A writing may be lost; a lie may be written; but what the eye has seen is truth and remains in the mind!
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Eyes Lost Lying See Truth Wind Writing
We live in the flicker — may it last as long as the old earth keeps rolling! But darkness was here yesterday.
JOSEPH CONRAD

Darkness Earth Live Long Old Past
To have his path made clear for him is the aspiration of every human being in our beclouded and tempestuous existence.
JOSEPH CONRAD

Aspiration Clear Existence Human Path Temper
It would take too long to explain the intimate alliance of contradictions in human nature which makes love itself wear at times the desperate shape of betrayal. And perhaps there is no possible explanation.
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Betrayal Desperate Explanation Human Love Nature Possible Time
The mind of man is capable of anything.
JOSEPH CONRAD

Capability Man Mindset

A man is a worker. If he is not that he is nothing.

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