Any work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every line.
JOSEPH CONRADFew 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.
More Joseph Conrad Quotes
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Going home must be like going to render an account.
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A word carries far, very far, deals destruction through time as the bullets go flying through space.
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We can never cease to be ourselves.
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My task, which I am trying to achieve is, by the power of the written word, to make you hear, to make you feel–it is, before all, to make you see.
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Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.
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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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Follow your bliss. Find where it is and don’t be afraid to follow it.
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We live as we dream – alone. While the dream disappears, the life continues painfully.
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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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Everything can be found at sea according to the spirit of your quest.
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The question is not how to get cured, but how to live.
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He struggled with himself, too. I saw it — I heard it. I saw the inconceivable mystery of a soul that knew no restraint, no faith, and no fear, yet struggling blindly with itself.
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The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness.
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The mind of man is capable of anything.
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All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind.
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