Everybody had to be thoroughly understood before being accepted.
JOSEPH CONRADMy task, which I am trying to achieve is, by the power of the written word, to make you hear, to make you feel–it is, before all, to make you see.
More Joseph Conrad Quotes
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I like what is in the work — the chance to find yourself.
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The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.
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To be a great autocrat you must be a great barbarian.
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We live as we dream – alone. While the dream disappears, the life continues painfully.
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Everything can be found at sea according to the spirit of your quest.
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God is for men, and religion for women.
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Protection is the first necessity of opulence and luxury.
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The question is not how to get cured, but how to live.
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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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Kisses are the remnants of paradise.
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I slipped the book into my pocket. I assure you to leave off reading was like tearing myself away from the shelter of an old and solid friendship.
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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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Going home must be like going to render an account.
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Follow your bliss. Find where it is and don’t be afraid to follow it.
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Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life.
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