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Knowledge Quotes by Joseph Conrad
- Things and men have always a certain sense, a certain side by which they must be got hold of if one wants to obtain a…
- The mysteries of a universe made of drops of fire and clods of mud do not concern us in the least. The fate of humanity…
- They trespassed upon my thoughts. They were intruders whose knowledge of life was to me an irritating pretense, because I felt so sure they could…
- Droll thing life is -- that mysterious arrangement of merciless logic for a futile purpose. The most you can hope from it is some knowledge…
- Anything approaching the change that came over his features I have never seen before, and hope never to see again. Oh, I wasn't touched. I…
- It is my belief no man ever understands quite his own artful dodges to escape from the grim shadow of self knowledge.
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