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Quote by Joseph Conrad
To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but

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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They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience. – Joseph Conrad

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Loyalty
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Joseph Conrad
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The East Wind, an interloper in the dominions of Westerly Weather, is an impassive-faced tyrant with a sharp poniard held behind his back for a treacherous stab. – Joseph Conrad

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Weather
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Joseph Conrad
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If a teacher does not involve himself, his values, his commitments, in the course of discussion, why should the students? – Paul Wellstone

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I can remember exactly where I sat when my teacher first read Roald Dahls James and the Giant Peach. – Dave Eggers

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My mother was a teacher, my father was a community organizer. I come from a working class background. – Chris Hayes

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Id like to think Im a great teacher. – Gordon Ramsay

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Great men are true men, the men in whom nature has succeeded. They are not extraordinary — they are in the true order. It is the other species of men who are not what they ought to be. – Henri Frederic Amiel

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The poets were not alone in sanctioning myths, for long before the poets the states and the lawmakers had sanctioned them as a useful expedient. They needed to control the people by superstitious fears, and these cannot be aroused without myths and marvels. – Mikhail Strabo

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A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something. – Wilson Mizner

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With out art, without communicating, we wouldnt live beyond 30 because wed be so sad and depressed. – Wayne Coyne

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