Quote by Joseph Conrad
As to honor - you know - its a very fine mediaeval inheritance whi

As to honor – you know – its a very fine mediaeval inheritance which women never got hold of. It wasnt theirs. – Joseph Conrad

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This magnificent butterfly finds a little heap of dirt and sits still on it; but man will never on his heap of mud keep still. – 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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All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. – Joseph Conrad

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Years ago women of my size were considered royalty. – Camryn Manheim

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We say that slavery has vanished from European civilization, but this is not true. Slavery still exists, but now it applies only to women and its name is prostitution. – Victor Hugo

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.. its a sort of bloom on a woman. If you have it you dont need to have anything else; and if you dont have it, it doesnt much matter what else you have. – James Barrie

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Im not a competitive person, and I think women like me because they dont think Im competitive, just nice. – Barbara Bush

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