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Quote by Joseph Conrad
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

Other quotes by Joseph Conrad

The last thing a woman will consent to discover in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage. – Joseph Conrad

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Courage
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Joseph Conrad
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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

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Art
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Joseph Conrad
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It is very difficult to be wholly joyous or wholly sad on this earth. The comic, when it is human, soon takes upon itself a face of pain; and some of our grieves… have their source in weaknesses which must be recognized with smiling compassion as the common inheritance of us all. – Joseph Conrad

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Emotions
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Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed. – Pindar

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I am in the present. I cannot know what tomorrow will bring forth. I can know only what the truth is for me today. That is what I am called upon to serve, and I serve it in all lucidity. – Igor Stravinsky

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Truth

The defendant wants to hide the truth because hes generally guilty. The defense attorneys job is to make sure the jury does not arrive at that truth. – Alan Dershowitz

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The truth is that many people set rules to keep from making decisions. – Mike Krzyzewski

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Truth

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Islam exhorts men to respect and honor women. The status of the wife is so respected in Islam that it is not obligatory for her to do household chores. She may do them of her own accord. But if her husband forces her to do household work, he will have to account for his conduct in the hereafter. – Anon.

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Delay always breeds danger and to protract a great design is often to ruin it. – Miguel de Cervantes

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A dream doesnt become reality through magic it takes sweat, determination and hard work. – Colin Powell

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