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Small: Any work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every line
"Any work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every line"
Joseph Conrad, Novelist
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Small: Who knows what true loneliness is - not the conventional word but the naked terror? To the lonely themselves i
"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"
Joseph Conrad, Novelist
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Small: To have his path made clear for him is the aspiration of every human being in our beclouded and tempestuous ex
"To have his path made clear for him is the aspiration of every human being in our beclouded and tempestuous existence"
Joseph Conrad, Novelist
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Small: For all that has been said of the love that certain natures (on shore) have professed for it, for all the cele
"For all that has been said of the love that certain natures (on shore) have professed for it, for all the celebrations it has been the object of in prose and song, the sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness"
Joseph Conrad, Novelist
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Small: 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"
Joseph Conrad, Novelist
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Small: Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love - and to put its trust in life
"Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love - and to put its trust in life"
Joseph Conrad, Novelist
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Small: Truth of a modest sort I can promise you, and also sincerity. That complete, praiseworthy sincerity which, whi
"Truth of a modest sort I can promise you, and also sincerity. That complete, praiseworthy sincerity which, while it delivers one into the hands of one's enemies, is as likely as not to embroil one with one's friends"
Joseph Conrad, Novelist
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Small: There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea
"There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea"
Joseph Conrad, Novelist
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Small: There are men here and there to whom the whole of life is like an after-dinner hour with a cigar easy, pleasan
"There are men here and there to whom the whole of life is like an after-dinner hour with a cigar; easy, pleasant, empty, perhaps enlivened by some fable of strife to be forgotten - before the end is told - even if there happens to be any end to it"
Joseph Conrad, Novelist
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Small: How does one kill fear, I wonder? How do you shoot a specter through the heart, slash off its spectral head, t
"How does one kill fear, I wonder? How do you shoot a specter through the heart, slash off its spectral head, take it by its spectral throat?"
Joseph Conrad, Novelist
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Small: As in political so in literary action a man wins friends for himself mostly by the passion of his prejudices a
"As in political so in literary action a man wins friends for himself mostly by the passion of his prejudices and the consistent narrowness of his outlook"
Joseph Conrad, Novelist
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Small: A mans real life is that accorded to him in the thoughts of other men by reason of respect or natural love
"A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughts of other men by reason of respect or natural love"
Joseph Conrad, Novelist
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Small: History repeats itself, but the special call of an art which has passed away is never reproduced. It is as utt
"History repeats itself, but the special call of an art which has passed away is never reproduced. It is as utterly gone out of the world as the song of a destroyed wild bird"
Joseph Conrad, Novelist
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Small: Facing it, always facing it, thats the way to get through. Face it
"Facing it, always facing it, that's the way to get through. Face it"
Joseph Conrad, Novelist
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Small: A word carries far, very far, deals destruction through time as the bullets go flying through space
"A word carries far, very far, deals destruction through time as the bullets go flying through space"
Joseph Conrad, Novelist
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Small: To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mer
"To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot"
Joseph Conrad, Novelist
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Small: The scrupulous and the just, the noble, humane, and devoted natures the unselfish and the intelligent may begi
"The scrupulous and the just, the noble, humane, and devoted natures; the unselfish and the intelligent may begin a movement - but it passes away from them. They are not the leaders of a revolution. They are its victims"
Joseph Conrad, Novelist
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Small: 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"
Joseph Conrad, Novelist
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Small: A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls into the sea. If he tries to climb out into the air
"A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls into the sea. If he tries to climb out into the air as inexperienced people endeavor to do, he drowns"
Joseph Conrad, Novelist
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Small: Racism is mans gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason
Abraham Joshua Heschel
"Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason"
Abraham Joshua Heschel, Educator
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Small: God is of no importance unless He is of supreme importance
Abraham Joshua Heschel
"God is of no importance unless He is of supreme importance"
Abraham Joshua Heschel, Educator
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Small: Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God
Abraham Joshua Heschel
"Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God"
Abraham Joshua Heschel, Educator
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Small: Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge
Abraham Joshua Heschel
"Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge"
Abraham Joshua Heschel, Educator
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Small: When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people
Abraham Joshua Heschel
"When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people"
Abraham Joshua Heschel, Educator
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Small: Mans sin is in his failure to live what he is. Being the master of the earth, man forgets that he is the serva
Abraham Joshua Heschel
"Man's sin is in his failure to live what he is. Being the master of the earth, man forgets that he is the servant of God"
Abraham Joshua Heschel, Educator
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Small: It is not enough for me to ask question I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass
Abraham Joshua Heschel
"It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?"
Abraham Joshua Heschel, Educator
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Small: He who is satisfied has never truly craved, and he who craves for the light of God neglects his ease for ardor
Abraham Joshua Heschel
"He who is satisfied has never truly craved, and he who craves for the light of God neglects his ease for ardor"
Abraham Joshua Heschel, Educator
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Small: A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time, at all times, who suffers harm d
Abraham Joshua Heschel
"A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time, at all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair"
Abraham Joshua Heschel, Educator
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Small: God is not a hypothesis derived from logical assumptions, but an immediate insight, self-evident as light.
Abraham Joshua Heschel
"God is not a hypothesis derived from logical assumptions, but an immediate insight, self-evident as light. He is not something to be sought in the darkness with the light of reason. He is the light"
Abraham Joshua Heschel, Educator
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Small: The road to the sacred leads through the secular
Abraham Joshua Heschel
"The road to the sacred leads through the secular"
Abraham Joshua Heschel, Educator
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Small: The issue of prayer is not prayer the issue of prayer is God
Abraham Joshua Heschel
"The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God"
Abraham Joshua Heschel, Educator
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Small: What we talked about will have to remain a secret between him and me. I spoke to him as a brother whom I have
Pope John Paul II
"What we talked about will have to remain a secret between him and me. I spoke to him as a brother whom I have pardoned and who has my complete trust"
Pope John Paul II, Clergyman
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Small: You will reciprocally promise love, loyalty and matrimonial honesty. We only want for you this day that these
Pope John Paul II
"You will reciprocally promise love, loyalty and matrimonial honesty. We only want for you this day that these words constitute the principle of your entire life and that with the help of divine grace you will observe these solemn vows that today, before God, you formulate"
Pope John Paul II, Clergyman
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Small: Young people are threatened... by the evil use of advertising techniques that stimulate the natural inclinatio
Pope John Paul II
"Young people are threatened... by the evil use of advertising techniques that stimulate the natural inclination to avoid hard work by promising the immediate satisfaction of every desire"
Pope John Paul II, Clergyman
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Small: You are our dearly beloved brothers, and in a certain way, it could be said that you are our elder brothers
Pope John Paul II
"You are our dearly beloved brothers, and in a certain way, it could be said that you are our elder brothers"
Pope John Paul II, Clergyman
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Small: Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore... prove ultimately futile
Pope John Paul II
"Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore... prove ultimately futile"
Pope John Paul II, Clergyman
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Small: War is a defeat for humanity
Pope John Paul II
"War is a defeat for humanity"
Pope John Paul II, Clergyman
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Small: Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of men
Pope John Paul II
"Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of men"
Pope John Paul II, Clergyman
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Small: Today, for the first time in history, a Bishop of Rome sets foot on English soil. This fair land, once a dista
Pope John Paul II
"Today, for the first time in history, a Bishop of Rome sets foot on English soil. This fair land, once a distant outpost of the pagan world, has become, through the preaching of the Gospel, a beloved and gifted portion of Christ's vineyard"
Pope John Paul II, Clergyman
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Small: To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the family ha
Pope John Paul II
"To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the family has to become, in a special way, the servant of the others"
Pope John Paul II, Clergyman
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