Polish - Novelist | December 3, 1857 - August 3, 1924
As in political so in literary action a man wins friends for himself mostly by the passion of his prejudices and the consistent narrowness of his outlook.
Joseph Conrad
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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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Who knows what true loneliness is - not the conventional word but the naked terror? To the lonely themselves it wears a mask. The most miserable outcast hugs some memory or some illusion.
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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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Facing it, always facing it, that's the way to get through. Face it.
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Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.
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Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love - and to put its trust in life.
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You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends.
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A caricature is putting the face of a joke on the body of a truth.
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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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Gossip is what no one claims to like, but everybody enjoys.
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It is a maudlin and indecent verity that comes out through the strength of wine.
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