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	"The sea - this truth must be confessed - has no generosity. No display of manly qualities - courage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness - has ever been known to touch its irresponsible consciousness of power." - -- Joseph Conrad

Top 5 quotes from Joseph Conrad

"It is to be remarked that a good many people are born curiously unfitted for the fate waiting them on this earth."
"The sea - this truth must be confessed - has no generosity. No display of manly qualities - courage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness - has ever been known to touch its irresponsible consciousness of power."
"Action is consolatory. It is the enemy of thought and the friend of flattering illusions."
"Gossip is what no one claims to like, but everybody enjoys."
"The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much."

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