We can never cease to be ourselves.
JOSEPH CONRADWhat makes mankind tragic is not that they are the victims of nature, it is that they are conscious of it.
More Joseph Conrad Quotes
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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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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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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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Going home must be like going to render an account.
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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 question is not how to get cured, but how to live.
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The discovery of America was the occasion of the greatest outburst of cruelty and reckless greed known in history.
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You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends.
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If you don’t make mistakes, you don’t make anything .
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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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All roads are long which lead to one’s heart’s desire.
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Facing it, always facing it, that’s the way to get through. Face it.
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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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A writer without interest or sympathy for the foibles of his fellow man is not conceivable as a writer.
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