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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

Other quotes by Joseph Conrad

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

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Butterflies

We are closer to the ants than to butterflies. Very few people can endure much leisure. – Gerald Brenan

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Butterflies

Love is like a butterfly: It goes where it pleases and it pleases wherever it goes. – Author Unknown

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Butterflies

In nature a repulsive caterpillar turns into a lovely butterfly. But with humans it is the other way around: a lovely butterfly turns into a repulsive caterpillar. – Anton Chekhov

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Butterflies

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Peace, in international affairs, is a period of cheating between two periods of fighting. – Ambrose Bierce

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Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself. – Rita Mae Brown

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Doubt is the key to knowledge. – Proverb

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Doubt

A Libertarian society of unfettered individualism spreads its benefits to virtually everyone – not just those who have the resources to seize political power. – Harry Browne

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Society