I always went my own road and on my own legs where I had a mind to go.
JOSEPH CONRADYou shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends.
More Joseph Conrad Quotes
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You know I hate, detest, and can’t bear a lie, not because I am straighter than the rest of us, but simply because it appals me. There is a taint of death, a flavour of mortality in lies – which is exactly what I hate and detest in the world – what I want to forget.
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Words, as is well known, are the great foes of reality.
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It is to be remarked that a good many people are born curiously unfitted for the fate waiting them on this earth.
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Follow your bliss. Find where it is and don’t be afraid to follow it.
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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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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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If you don’t make mistakes, you don’t make anything .
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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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We can never cease to be ourselves.
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Perhaps life is just that- a dream and a fear.
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A man is a worker. If he is not that he is nothing.
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All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind.
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It is the mark of an inexperienced man not to believe in luck.
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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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Protection is the first necessity of opulence and luxury.
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