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Quote by Joseph Conrad
They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweethe

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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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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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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Some great men owe most of their greatness to the ability of detecting in those they destine for their tools the exact quality of strength that matters for their work. – Joseph Conrad

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My country right or wrong; when right, to keep her right; when wrong, to put her right. – Carl Schurz

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To betray you must first belong. – Harold Philby

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It is better to be faithful than famous. – Theodore Roosevelt

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