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 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.

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

Danger lies in the writer becoming the victim of his own exaggeration, losing the exact...

Danger lies in the writer becoming the victim of his own exaggeration, losing the exact...

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?...

In order to move others deeply we must deliberately allow ourselves to be carried away...

In order to move others deeply we must deliberately allow ourselves to be carried away...

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.

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...

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...

Only in men's imagination does every truth find an effective and undeniable existence. Imagination, not...

Only in men's imagination does every truth find an effective and undeniable existence. Imagination, not...

Facing it, always facing it, that's the way to get through. Face it.

Facing it, always facing it, that's the way to get through. Face it.

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...

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?...

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...

There are men here and there to whom the whole of life is like an...

There are men here and there to whom the whole of life is like an...

Nations it may be have fashioned their Governments, but the Governments have paid them back...

Nations it may be have fashioned their Governments, but the Governments have paid them back...

Going home must be like going to render an account.

Going home must be like going to render an account.