Only in men's imagination does every truth find an effective and undeniable existence. Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life.

Quote by Joseph Conrad

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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...

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,...

All a man can betray is his conscience

All a man can betray is his conscience

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

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

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.

Truth of a modest sort I can promise you, and also sincerity. That complete, praiseworthy...

Truth of a modest sort I can promise you, and also sincerity. That complete, praiseworthy...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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,...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

You can't, in sound morals, condemn a man for taking care of his own integrity....

You can't, in sound morals, condemn a man for taking care of his own integrity....

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...

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...

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.

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?...