All a man can betray is his conscience.
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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God is for men, and religion for women.
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History repeats itself, but the special call of an art which has passed away is never reproduced. It is as utterly gone out of the world as the song of a destroyed wild bird.
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All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind.
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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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Everything belonged to him–but that was a trifle. The thing to know was what he belonged to, how many powers of darkness claimed him for their own.
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Give me the right word and the right accent and I will move the world.
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Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life.
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Kisses are the remnants of paradise.
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All roads are long which lead to one’s heart’s desire.
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Protection is the first necessity of opulence and luxury.
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It’s only those who do nothing that make no mistakes, I suppose.
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Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.
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A task, any task, undertaken in an adventurous spirit acquires the merit of romance.
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Facing it, always facing it, that’s the way to get through. Face it.
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You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends.
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