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Quote by Joseph Conrad
This magnificent butterfly finds a little heap of dirt and sits st

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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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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The true peace of God begins at any spot a thousand miles from the nearest land. – Joseph Conrad

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Any work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every line. – Joseph Conrad

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The least thing upset him on the links. He missed short putts because of the uproar of butterflies in the adjoining meadows. – P.G. Wodehouse

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[N]ot quite birds, as they were not quite flowers, mysterious and fascinating as are all indeterminate creatures. – Elizabeth Goudge

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We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty. – Author Unknown

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What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly. – Richard Bach

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You can trust a Neil Simon script. Every dot. Every dash that pause means something. He takes all the jokes out, practically. – Hector Elizondo

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