It is respectable to have no illusions, and safe, and profitable and dull.
JOSEPH CONRADA certain simplicity of thought is common to serene souls at both ends of the social scale.
More Joseph Conrad Quotes
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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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Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.
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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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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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Your strength is just an accident owed to the weakness of others.
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We live as we dream – alone.
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History repeats itself, but the special call of an art which has passed away is never reproduced. It is as utterly gone out of the world as the song of a destroyed wild bird.
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Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life.
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A certain simplicity of thought is common to serene souls at both ends of the social scale.
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The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness.
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I always went my own road and on my own legs where I had a mind to go.
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All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind.
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Follow your bliss. Find where it is and don’t be afraid to follow it.
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All a man can betray is his conscience.
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Any fool can carry on, but a wise man knows how to shorten sail in time.
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