I would not unduly praise the virtue of restraint. It is often merely temperamental. But it is not always a sign of coldness. It may be pride. There can be nothing more humiliating than to see the shaft of one's…

Quote by Joseph Conrad

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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...

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.

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.

Vanity plays lurid tricks with our memory

Vanity plays lurid tricks with our memory

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...

Perhaps life is just that... a dream and a fear.

Perhaps life is just that... a dream and a fear.

Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love...

Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love...

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...

We live, as we dream alone

We live, as we dream alone

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...

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

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

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...

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...

All a man can betray is his conscience

All a man can betray is his conscience

The scrupulous and the just, the noble, humane, and devoted natures; the unselfish and the...

The scrupulous and the just, the noble, humane, and devoted natures; the unselfish and the...

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.

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?...

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.

If you're angry at a loved one, hug that person. And mean it. You may...

If you're angry at a loved one, hug that person. And mean it. You may...

The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but...

The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but...