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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.

Joseph Conrad

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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Born Earth Fate Goodness People Wait
Words, as is well known, are the great foes of reality.
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Enemy Friendship Greatness Word
Follow your bliss. Find where it is and don’t be afraid to follow it.
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Afraid Bliss Yourself
It occurred to me that my speech or my silence, indeed any action of mine, would be a mere futility.
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Action Myself Silence Talk
As a general rule, a reputation is built on manner as much as on achievement.
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Achievement Build Rule
A writing may be lost; a lie may be written; but what the eye has seen is truth and remains in the mind!
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Eyes Lost Lying See Truth Wind Writing
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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Light Moon Mystery Passionate Soul
A word carries far, very far, deals destruction through time as the bullets go flying through space.
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Carry Deal Destruction Fly Space Word
The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the community of mankind.
JOSEPH CONRAD

Community Crime Faith Kind Man Reality
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.
JOSEPH CONRAD

Appearance Different Earth Yourself
But it is like a running blaze on a plain, like a flash of lightning in the clouds. We live in the flicker – may it last as long as the old earth keeps rolling!
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Earth Light Live Old Run
I take it that what all men are really after is some form or perhaps only some formula of peace.
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Goal Man Myself Peace
All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind.
JOSEPH CONRAD

Ambition Exception Kind Law Man
Any work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every line.
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Art Aspiration Carry Condition Humble Justice Work
Everybody had to be thoroughly understood before being accepted.
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Acceptance Discover Patience Right Understand
It is the mark of an inexperienced man not to believe in luck.
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Believe Experience Luck Man Mark

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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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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