A writer without interest or sympathy for the foibles of his fellow man is not conceivable as a writer.
JOSEPH CONRADEverything 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.
More Joseph Conrad Quotes
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Your strength is just an accident owed to the weakness of others.
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It is my belief no man ever understands quite his own artful dodges to escape from the grim shadow of self knowledge.
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Never test another man by your own weakness.
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All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind.
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To be a great autocrat you must be a great barbarian.
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We can never cease to be ourselves.
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Kisses are the remnants of paradise.
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Follow your bliss. Find where it is and don’t be afraid to follow it.
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The scrupulous and the just, the noble, humane, and devoted natures; the unselfish and the intelligent may begin a movement – but it passes away from them. They are not the leaders of a revolution. They are its victims.
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The 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.
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I have wrestled with death. It is the most unexciting contest you can imagine.
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I take it that what all men are really after is some form or perhaps only some formula of peace.
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It’s only those who do nothing that make no mistakes, I suppose.
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The human heart is vast enough to contain all the world.
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The mind of man is capable of anything.
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