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Joseph Conrad Quotes
Joseph Conrad
Polish
Novelist
Born:
Dec 3
,
1857
Died:
Aug 3
,
1924
Every
Life
Love
Man
Men
You
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It is a maudlin and indecent verity that comes out through the strength of wine.
Joseph Conrad
Strength
Wine
Indecent
Out
Through
Maudlin
Words, as is well known, are the great foes of reality.
Joseph Conrad
Great
Reality
Words
Foes
Well
Well Known
Known
It is respectable to have no illusions, and safe, and profitable and dull.
Joseph Conrad
Respectable
Safe
Dull
Illusions
Profitable
The last thing a woman will consent to discover in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage.
Joseph Conrad
Man
Woman
Courage
Will
Simply
She
Discover
Depends
Want
Loves
Whom
Thing
Last
Consent
Nations it may be have fashioned their Governments, but the Governments have paid them back in the same coin.
Joseph Conrad
Back
Governments
Same
May
Nations
Them
Paid
Coin
A modern fleet of ships does not so much make use of the sea as exploit a highway.
Joseph Conrad
Highway
Make
Does
Ships
Modern
Exploit
Much
Fleet
Use
Sea
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