I am afraid that if you want to go down into history you’ll have to do something for it.
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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The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much.
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Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life.
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I have wrestled with death. It is the most unexciting contest you can imagine.
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All roads are long which lead to one’s heart’s desire.
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The question is not how to get cured, but how to live.
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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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One must explore deep and believe the incredible to find the new particles of truth floating in an ocean of insignificance.
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What makes mankind tragic is not that they are the victims of nature, it is that they are conscious of it.
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The human heart is vast enough to contain all the world.
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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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If you don’t make mistakes, you don’t make anything .
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Protection is the first necessity of opulence and luxury.
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As a general rule, a reputation is built on manner as much as on achievement.
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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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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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