I remember my youth and the feeling that will never come back any more /the feeling that I could last for ever, outlast the sea, the earth, and all men; the deceitful feeling that lures us on to joys, to…

Quote by Joseph Conrad

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All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of...

All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of...

You shall judge of a man by his foes as well as by his friends.

You shall judge of a man by his foes as well as by his friends.

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...

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,...

A man's most open actions have a secret side to them.

A man's most open actions have a secret side to them.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

Going home must be like going to render an account.

Going home must be like going to render an account.

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...

We live, as we dream alone

We live, as we dream alone

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...

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 had ambition not only to go farther than any man had ever been before,...

I had ambition not only to go farther than any man had ever been before,...

Better to live one year as a tiger, than a hundred as a sheep.

Better to live one year as a tiger, than a hundred as a sheep.

I have two ambitions in life: one is to drink every pub dry, the other...

I have two ambitions in life: one is to drink every pub dry, the other...

Piglet: 'Pooh?' Pooh: 'Yes, Piglet?' Piglet: 'I've been thinking...' Pooh: 'That's a very good habit...

Piglet: 'Pooh?' Pooh: 'Yes, Piglet?' Piglet: 'I've been thinking...' Pooh: 'That's a very good habit...