Who knows what true loneliness is - not the conventional word but the naked terror? To the lonely themselves it wears a mask. The most miserable outcast hugs some memory or some illusion.

Quote by Joseph Conrad

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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...

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.

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...

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...

Criticism, that fine flower of personal expression in the garden of letters.

Criticism, that fine flower of personal expression in the garden of letters.

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 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...

History repeats itself, but the special call of an art which has passed away is...

History repeats itself, but the special call of an art which has passed away is...

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,...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

It is to be remarked that a good many people are born curiously unfitted for...

It is to be remarked that a good many people are born curiously unfitted for...

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...

All a man can betray is his conscience

All a man can betray is his conscience

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.

The mind of man is capable of anything because everything is in it, all the...

The mind of man is capable of anything because everything is in it, all the...

The mind, in proportion as it is cut off from free communication with nature, with...

The mind, in proportion as it is cut off from free communication with nature, with...

Love is a decision - not an emotion

Love is a decision - not an emotion