Criticism, that fine flower of personal expression in the garden of letters.

Quote by Joseph Conrad

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A caricature is putting the face of a joke on the body of a truth.

A caricature is putting the face of a joke on the body of a truth.

To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a...

To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a...

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

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

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.

To have his path made clear for him is the aspiration of every human being...

To have his path made clear for him is the aspiration of every human being...

Who knows what true loneliness is -- not the conventional word but the naked terror?...

Who knows what true loneliness is -- not the conventional word but the naked terror?...

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...

Going home must be like going to render an account.

Going home must be like going to render an account.

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...

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...

All a man can betray is his conscience.

All a man can betray is his conscience.

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...

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...

Each blade of grass has its spot on earth whence it draws its life, its...

Each blade of grass has its spot on earth whence it draws its life, its...

Don't you forget what's divine in the Russian soul and that's resignation.

Don't you forget what's divine in the Russian soul and that's resignation.

Words, as is well known, are the great foes of reality.

Words, as is well known, are the great foes of reality.

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...

All a man can betray is his conscience

All a man can betray is his conscience

We do not want any more wars, but a man is a damn fool to...

We do not want any more wars, but a man is a damn fool to...

Our true nationality is mankind.

Our true nationality is mankind.