Resignation, not mystic, not detached, but resignation open-eyed, conscious, and informed by love, is the only one of our feelings for which it is impossible to become a sham.

Quote by Joseph Conrad

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A modern fleet of ships does not so much make use of the sea as...

A modern fleet of ships does not so much make use of the sea as...

The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the...

The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the...

Some great men owe most of their greatness to the ability of detecting in those...

Some great men owe most of their greatness to the ability of detecting in those...

In order to move others deeply we must deliberately allow ourselves to be carried away...

In order to move others deeply we must deliberately allow ourselves to be carried away...

The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary: men alone are quite...

The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary: men alone are quite...

Truth of a modest sort I can promise you, and also sincerity. That complete, praiseworthy...

Truth of a modest sort I can promise you, and also sincerity. That complete, praiseworthy...

I remember my youth and the feeling that will never come back any more /the...

I remember my youth and the feeling that will never come back any more /the...

You can't, in sound morals, condemn a man for taking care of his own integrity....

You can't, in sound morals, condemn a man for taking care of his own integrity....

A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls into...

A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls into...

The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite...

The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite...

A word carries far, very far, deals destruction through time as the bullets go flying...

A word carries far, very far, deals destruction through time as the bullets go flying...

It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a...

It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a...

I don't like work... but I like what is in work - the chance to...

I don't like work... but I like what is in work - the chance to...

Any work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification...

Any work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification...

I would not unduly praise the virtue of restraint. It is often merely temperamental. But...

I would not unduly praise the virtue of restraint. It is often merely temperamental. But...

As in political so in literary action a man wins friends for himself mostly by...

As in political so in literary action a man wins friends for himself mostly by...

The last thing a woman will consent to discover in a man whom she loves,...

The last thing a woman will consent to discover in a man whom she loves,...

He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but...

He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but...

As to honor - you know - it's a very fine mediaeval inheritance which women...

As to honor - you know - it's a very fine mediaeval inheritance which women...

It is respectable to have no illusions, and safe, and profitable and dull.

It is respectable to have no illusions, and safe, and profitable and dull.