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 CONRADThey 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.
More Joseph Conrad Quotes
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The scrupulous and the just, the noble, humane, and devoted natures; the unselfish and the intelligent may begin a movement – but it passes away from them. They are not the leaders of a revolution. They are its victims.
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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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The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much.
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To be a great autocrat you must be a great barbarian.
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The ethical view of the universe involves us in so many cruel and absurd contradictions that I have come to suspect that the aim of creation cannot be ethical at all.
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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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Gossip is what no one claims to like, but everybody enjoys.
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You can’t, in sound morals, condemn a man for taking care of his own integrity. It is his clear duty.
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Vanity plays lurid tricks with our memory, and the truth of every passion wants some pretence to make it live.
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Protection is the first necessity of opulence and luxury.
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It is to be remarked that a good many people are born curiously unfitted for the fate waiting them on this earth.
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A task, any task, undertaken in an adventurous spirit acquires the merit of romance.
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Kisses are the remnants of paradise.
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We live as we dream – alone. While the dream disappears, the life continues painfully.
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One must explore deep and believe the incredible to find the new particles of truth floating in an ocean of insignificance.
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