The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.
JOSEPH CONRADImagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life.
More Joseph Conrad Quotes
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I am afraid that if you want to go down into history you’ll have to do something for it.
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We can never cease to be ourselves.
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To be a great autocrat you must be a great barbarian.
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Gossip is what no one claims to like, but everybody enjoys.
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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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Give me the right word and the right accent and I will move the world.
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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 can be found at sea according to the spirit of your quest.
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There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea.
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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 certain simplicity of thought is common to serene souls at both ends of the social scale.
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Words, as is well known, are the great foes of reality.
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Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life.
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You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends.
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Follow your bliss. Find where it is and don’t be afraid to follow it.
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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 real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the community of mankind.
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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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In order to move others deeply we must deliberately allow ourselves to be carried away beyond the bounds of our normal sensibility.
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What makes mankind tragic is not that they are the victims of nature, it is that they are conscious of it.
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Reality, as usual, beats fiction out of sight.
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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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It’s extraordinary how we go through life with eyes half shut, with dull ears, with dormant thoughts. Perhaps it’s just as well; and it may be that it is this very dullness that makes life to the incalculable majority so supportable and so welcome.
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It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, warm fog.
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The mind of man is capable of anything.
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Any fool can carry on, but a wise man knows how to shorten sail in time.
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