Action is consolatory. It is the enemy of thought and the friend of flattering illusions.

Quote by Joseph Conrad

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The mind of man is capable of anything because everything is in it, all the...

The mind of man is capable of anything because everything is in it, all the...

There are men here and there to whom the whole of life is like an...

There are men here and there to whom the whole of life is like an...

An artist is a man of action, whether he creates a personality, invents an expedient,...

An artist is a man of action, whether he creates a personality, invents an expedient,...

All a man can betray is his conscience

All a man can betray is his conscience

Gossip is what no one claims to like, but everybody enjoys.

Gossip is what no one claims to like, but everybody enjoys.

Being a woman is a terribly task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.

Being a woman is a terribly task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.

How does one kill fear, I wonder? How do you shoot a specter through the...

How does one kill fear, I wonder? How do you shoot a specter through the...

Vanity plays lurid tricks with our memory

Vanity plays lurid tricks with our memory

Nations it may be have fashioned their Governments, but the Governments have paid them back...

Nations it may be have fashioned their Governments, but the Governments have paid them back...

For every age is fed on illusions, lest men should renounce life early, and the...

For every age is fed on illusions, lest men should renounce life early, and the...

Danger lies in the writer becoming the victim of his own exaggeration, losing the exact...

Danger lies in the writer becoming the victim of his own exaggeration, losing the exact...

It is to be remarked that a good many people are born curiously unfitted for...

It is to be remarked that a good many people are born curiously unfitted for...

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...

Resignation, not mystic, not detached, but resignation open-eyed, conscious, and informed by love, is the...

Resignation, not mystic, not detached, but resignation open-eyed, conscious, and informed by love, is the...

Only in men's imagination does every truth find an effective and undeniable existence. Imagination, not...

Only in men's imagination does every truth find an effective and undeniable existence. Imagination, not...

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...

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...

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...

For all that has been said of the love that certain natures (on shore) have...

For all that has been said of the love that certain natures (on shore) have...

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...