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I take it that what all men are really after is some form or perhaps only some formula of peace.

Joseph Conrad

I am afraid that if you want to go down into history you’ll have to do something for it.
JOSEPH CONRAD

Afraid History Inspirational Myself Work Yourself
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.
JOSEPH CONRAD

Bilnd Faith Fear Mystery Soul Struggle
As a general rule, a reputation is built on manner as much as on achievement.
JOSEPH CONRAD

Achievement Build Rule
We live as we dream – alone.
JOSEPH CONRAD

Alone Dreams Live One Liner
Gossip is what no one claims to like, but everybody enjoys.
JOSEPH CONRAD

Enjoyment Reality Talk
The question is not how to get cured, but how to live.
JOSEPH CONRAD

Cure Live Question
Everything can be found at sea according to the spirit of your quest.
JOSEPH CONRAD

Ocean Sea Spirit Yourself
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
One must explore deep and believe the incredible to find the new particles of truth floating in an ocean of insignificance.
JOSEPH CONRAD

Believe Exploration Ocean Oneself Particle Truth
Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life.
JOSEPH CONRAD

Art Imagination Invention Life Master
It is respectable to have no illusions, and safe, and profitable and dull.
JOSEPH CONRAD

Illusion Profit Respect Safety
Everybody had to be thoroughly understood before being accepted.
JOSEPH CONRAD

Acceptance Discover Patience Right Understand
Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.
JOSEPH CONRAD

Deal Difficult Man Terrible Woman
All creative art is magic, is evocation of the unseen in forms persuasive, enlightening, familiar and surprising.
JOSEPH CONRAD

Art Creative Magic Surprise
There is no credulity so eager and blind as the credulity of covetousness, which, in its universal extent, measures the moral misery and the intellectual destitution of mankind.
JOSEPH CONRAD

Intellectual Kind Man Measurement Misery Universal
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.
JOSEPH CONRAD

Audacity Belief Character Essence Expression Life Man Safety Surround

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