Protection is the first necessity of opulence and luxury.
JOSEPH CONRADGoing home must be like going to render an account.
More Joseph Conrad Quotes
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Facing it, always facing it, that’s the way to get through. Face it.
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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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Perhaps life is just that- a dream and a fear.
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Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.
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It’s only those who do nothing that make no mistakes, I suppose.
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God is for men, and religion for women.
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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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We can never cease to be ourselves.
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All creative art is magic, is evocation of the unseen in forms persuasive, enlightening, familiar and surprising.
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The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.
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A writer without interest or sympathy for the foibles of his fellow man is not conceivable as a writer.
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Any work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every line.
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I don’t like work but I like what is in work – the chance to find yourself. Your own reality – for yourself, not for others – which no other man can ever know.
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It is the mark of an inexperienced man not to believe in luck.
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I slipped the book into my pocket. I assure you to leave off reading was like tearing myself away from the shelter of an old and solid friendship.
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