A task, any task, undertaken in an adventurous spirit acquires the merit of romance.
JOSEPH CONRADGod is for men, and religion for women.
More Joseph Conrad Quotes
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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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All creative art is magic, is evocation of the unseen in forms persuasive, enlightening, familiar and surprising.
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Protection is the first necessity of opulence and luxury.
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Everything can be found at sea according to the spirit of your quest.
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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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To be a great autocrat you must be a great barbarian.
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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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It’s only those who do nothing that make no mistakes, I suppose.
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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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I am afraid that if you want to go down into history you’ll have to do something for it.
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Your strength is just an accident owed to the weakness of others.
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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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Few men realize that their life, the very essence of their character, their capabilities and their audacities, are only the expression of their belief in the safety of their surroundings.
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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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As a general rule, a reputation is built on manner as much as on achievement.
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