Quote by Joseph Conrad
How does one kill fear, I wonder? How do you shoot a specter throu

How does one kill fear, I wonder? How do you shoot a specter through the heart, slash off its spectral head, take it by its spectral throat? – 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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The sea – this truth must be confessed – has no generosity. No display of manly qualities – courage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness – has ever been known to touch its irresponsible consciousness of power. – Joseph Conrad

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To pity distress is but human to relieve it is Godlike. – Horace Mann

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My greatest fear is that the audience will beat me to the punch line. – David Mamet

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Fear and greed are potent motivators. When both of these forces push in the same direction, virtually no human being can resist. – Andrew Weil

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As the ostrich when pursued hideth his head, but forgetteth his body; so the fears of a coward expose him to danger. – Akhenaton

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