Gossip is what no one claims to like, but everybody enjoys.
JOSEPH CONRADWho knows what true loneliness is – not the conventional word but the naked terror? To the lonely themselves it wears a mask. The most miserable outcast hugs some memory or some illusion.
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To be a great autocrat you must be a great barbarian.
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I like what is in the work — the chance to find yourself.
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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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There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea.
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As a general rule, a reputation is built on manner as much as on achievement.
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The question is not how to get cured, but how to live.
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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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It occurred to me that my speech or my silence, indeed any action of mine, would be a mere futility.
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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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We can never cease to be ourselves.
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Follow your bliss. Find where it is and don’t be afraid to follow it.
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Any fool can carry on, but a wise man knows how to shorten sail in time.
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There is something haunting in the light of the moon; it has all the dispassionateness of a disembodied soul, and something of its inconceivable mystery.
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You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends.
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