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 CONRADImagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life.
More Joseph Conrad Quotes
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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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I like what is in the work — the chance to find yourself.
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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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Give me the right word and the right accent and I will move the world.
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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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I take it that what all men are really after is some form or perhaps only some formula of peace.
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Kisses are the remnants of paradise.
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Perhaps life is just that- a dream and a fear.
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Everything can be found at sea according to the spirit of your quest.
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The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the community of mankind.
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I always went my own road and on my own legs where I had a mind to go.
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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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Everybody had to be thoroughly understood before being accepted.
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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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To be a great autocrat you must be a great barbarian.
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