"He has to live in the midst of……" — Joseph Conrad
"He has to live in the midst of the incomprehensible, which is detestable. And it has a fascination, too, which goes to work upon him. The fascination of the abomination--you know."
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235 Quotes by Joseph Conrad
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I foresee that man will resign himself each day to new abominations, and soon that only bandits and soldiers will…
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War is a great destroyer. And human history has arrived at a pivotal moment. We can choose a path built…
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Children, after being limbs of Satan in traditional theology and mystically illuminated angels in the minds of educational reformers, have…
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[I can] scarcely write upon mathematics or mathematicians. Oh for words to express my abomination of the science.
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Which passages of scripture should guide our public policy? Should we go with Leviticus, which suggests slavery is OK and…
— Barack Obama
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Brothers, you came from our own people. You are killing your own brothers. Any human order to kill must be…
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A "just war" is hospitable to every self-deception on the part of those waging it, none more than the certainty…
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It is necessary to constantly remind ourselves that we are not an abomination.
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Knicks and dull edges are abominations, so use knives and hatchets for nothing but they were made for.
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In some inland post feel the savagery, the utter savagery, had closed round him--all that mysterious life of the wilderness…
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I encouraged the Chinese to support Pol Pot. I encouraged the Thailand|Thai to help the Khmer Rouge. The question was…
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We may sing our hymns and psalms, and offer prayers, but they will be an abomination to God, unless we…
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