Any fool can carry on, but a wise man knows how to shorten sail in time.
JOSEPH CONRADThe 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.
More Joseph Conrad Quotes
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You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends.
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The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.
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All a man can betray is his conscience.
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Protection is the first necessity of opulence and luxury.
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Going home must be like going to render an account.
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Your strength is just an accident owed to the weakness of others.
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Facing it, always facing it, that’s the way to get through. Face it.
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All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind.
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He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of sound has always been greater than the power of sense.
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We live as we dream – alone. While the dream disappears, the life continues painfully.
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Words, as is well known, are the great foes of reality.
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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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There is something haunting in the light of the moon; it has all the dispassionateness of a disembodied soul, and something of its inconceivable mystery.
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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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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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