This magnificent butterfly finds a little heap of dirt and sits still on it; but man will never on his heap of mud keep still.

Quote by Joseph Conrad

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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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls into...

A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls into...

He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but...

He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but...

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.

All a man can betray is his conscience

All a man can betray is his conscience

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?...

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...

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...

Gossip is what no one claims to like, but everybody enjoys.

Gossip is what no one claims to like, but everybody enjoys.

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...

Some great men owe most of their greatness to the ability of detecting in those...

Some great men owe most of their greatness to the ability of detecting in those...

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...

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?...

I thought if I was very quiet, I would hear you. If I was still...

I thought if I was very quiet, I would hear you. If I was still...

To be an adult is to be alone.

To be an adult is to be alone.

That sad moment when you realize that the trash goes out more than you do.

That sad moment when you realize that the trash goes out more than you do.