I don't like work... but I like what is in work - the chance to find yourself. Your own reality - for yourself, not for others - which no other man can ever know.

Quote by Joseph Conrad

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All a man can betray is his conscience

All a man can betray is his conscience

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...

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,...

It is a maudlin and indecent verity that comes out through the strength of wine.

It is a maudlin and indecent verity that comes out through the strength of wine.

Going home must be like going to render an account.

Going home must be like going to render an account.

The sea - this truth must be confessed - has no generosity. No display of...

The sea - this truth must be confessed - has no generosity. No display of...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughts of other men...

A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughts of other men...

They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be...

They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be...

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?...

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...

This magnificent butterfly finds a little heap of dirt and sits still on it; but...

This magnificent butterfly finds a little heap of dirt and sits still on it; but...

The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who...

The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who...

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...

I take it that what all men are really after is some form or perhaps...

I take it that what all men are really after is some form or perhaps...