You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends.
JOSEPH CONRADIt’s only those who do nothing that make no mistakes, I suppose.
More Joseph Conrad Quotes
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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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Any work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every line.
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Words, as is well known, are the great foes of reality.
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Kisses are the remnants of paradise.
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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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We live as we dream – alone.
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I have wrestled with death. It is the most unexciting contest you can imagine.
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We can never cease to be ourselves.
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Gossip is what no one claims to like, but everybody enjoys.
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A man is a worker. If he is not that he is nothing.
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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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It is respectable to have no illusions, and safe, and profitable and dull.
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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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The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the community of mankind.
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He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of sound has always been greater than the power of sense.
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