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All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. – Joseph Conrad

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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 ones enemies, is as likely as not to embroil one with ones friends. – Joseph Conrad

Category:
Truth
Author
Joseph Conrad
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It is when we try to grapple with another mans intimate need that we perceive how incomprehensible, wavering, and misty are the beings that share with us the sight of the stars and the warmth of the sun. – Joseph Conrad

Category:
People
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Joseph Conrad
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The true peace of God begins at any spot a thousand miles from the nearest land. – Joseph Conrad

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Water
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Joseph Conrad
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Other Quotes from
legal
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The effort to blur the lines between Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib reflects a deep misunderstanding about the different legal regimes that apply to Iraq and the war against al Qaeda. – John Yoo

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legal

They dont need a lawyer, they need a toastmaster. – Edward Bennett Williams

Category:
legal

It was also my idea that the advisory committees of the Academy should replace the legal committees of the German Reichstag, which was gradually fading into the background in the Reich. – Hans Frank

Category:
legal

While Taliban fighters had an initial claim to protection under the conventions, they lost POW status by failing to obey the standards of conduct for legal combatants: wearing uniforms, a responsible command structure, and obeying the laws of war. – John Yoo

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legal

Random Quotes

This shirt is dry clean only. Which means… its dirty. – Mitch Hedberg

Category:
funny

I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework. – Lily Tomlin as "Edith Ann"

Category:
Back to School

To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation. – Saint Augustine of Hippo

Category:
Moderation

I wish theyd had electric guitars in cotton fields back in the good old days. A whole lot of things wouldve been straightened out. – Jimi Hendrix

Category:
good