We live in the flicker — may it last as long as the old earth keeps rolling! But darkness was here yesterday.
JOSEPH CONRADThe sea – this truth must be confessed – has no generosity. No display of manly qualities – courage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness – has ever been known to touch its irresponsible consciousness of power.
More Joseph Conrad Quotes
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You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends.
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Protection is the first necessity of opulence and luxury.
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A man is a worker. If he is not that he is nothing.
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We live as we dream – alone.
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To be a great autocrat you must be a great barbarian.
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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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They were conquerors, and for that you want only brute force–nothing to boast of, when you have it, since your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others.
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It is the mark of an inexperienced man not to believe in luck.
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We can never cease to be ourselves.
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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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The mind of man is capable of anything.
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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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To have his path made clear for him is the aspiration of every human being in our beclouded and tempestuous existence.
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He struggled with himself, too. I saw it — I heard it. I saw the inconceivable mystery of a soul that knew no restraint, no faith, and no fear, yet struggling blindly with itself.
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The human heart is vast enough to contain all the world.
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