"I would not unduly praise the virtue of……" — Joseph Conrad
"I would not unduly praise the virtue of restraint. It is often merely temperamental. But it is not always a sign of coldness. It may be pride. There can be nothing more humiliating than to see the shaft of one's emotion miss the mark of either laughter or tears. Nothing more humiliating! And this for the reason that should the mark be missed, should the open display of emotion fail to move, then it must perish unavoidably in disgust or contempt."
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Joseph Conrad
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235 Quotes by Joseph Conrad
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Home is the one place in all this world where hearts are sure of each other. It is the place…
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Those who know God the best are the richest and most powerful in prayer. Little acquaintance with God, and strangeness…
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Do not be too quick to condemn the man who no longer believes in God: for it is perhaps your…
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You [God] are a fire that takes away the coldness, illuminates the mind with its light, and causes me to…
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Never permit me to disgrace my high vocation by giving way to coldness, unkindness, or impatience.
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