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

Quote by Joseph Conrad

Topics: Duty Quotes, Integrity Quotes, Men Quotes

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...

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...

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

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

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.

The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice...

The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice...

Going home must be like going to render an account.

Going home must be like going to render an account.

It is a maudlin and indecent verity that comes out through the strength of wine.

It is a maudlin and indecent verity that comes out through the strength of wine.

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,...

All a man can betray is his conscience

All a man can betray is his conscience

Vanity plays lurid tricks with our memory

Vanity plays lurid tricks with our memory

As in political so in literary action a man wins friends for himself mostly by...

As in political so in literary action a man wins friends for himself mostly by...

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

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

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...

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,...

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...

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...

The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who...

The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who...

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...

I will never give in to old age until I become old.

I will never give in to old age until I become old.

It is unthinkable for a Frenchman to arrive at middle age without having syphilis and...

It is unthinkable for a Frenchman to arrive at middle age without having syphilis and...

When a naked man is chasing a woman through an alley with a butcher knife...

When a naked man is chasing a woman through an alley with a butcher knife...