Quote by Joseph Conrad
History repeats itself, but the special call of an art which has p

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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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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Courage
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To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot. – Joseph Conrad

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teacher
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Art
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All things are artificial, for nature is the art of God. – Thomas Browne

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Art

The art of interpretation is not to play what is written. – Pablo Casals

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Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious. – Jean Cocteau

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All art constantly aspires towards the condition of music. – Walter Pater

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After a storm comes a calm. – Matthew Henry

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Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly. – Julie Andrews

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A judgment about life has no meaning except the truth of the one who speaks last, and the mind is at ease only at the moment when everyone is shouting at once and no one can hear a thing. – Georges Bataille

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Truth

Politics will sooner or later make fools of everybody. – Dick Armey

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Politics