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Quote by Joseph Conrad
The true peace of God begins at any spot a thousand miles from the

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

Other quotes by Joseph Conrad

There is something haunting in the light of the moon; it has all the dispassionateness of a disembodied soul, and something of its inconceivable mystery. – Joseph Conrad

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Halloween
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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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Art
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The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness. – Joseph Conrad

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Water
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Water
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Of a water that flows,
With a lullaby sound,
From a spring but a very few
Feet under ground —
From a cavern not very far
Down under ground. – Edgar Allan Poe

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Water

The cure for anything is salt water — sweat, tears, or the sea. – Isak Dinesen

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Water

Pure water is the world’s first and foremost medicine. – Slovakian Proverb

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Water

A pool is, for many of us in the West, a symbol not of affluence but of order, of control over the uncontrollable. A pool is water, made available and useful, and is, as such, infinitely soothing to the western eye. – Joan Didion

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Water

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I have often thought of it as one of the most barbarous customs in the world, considering us as a civilized and a Christian country, that we deny the advantages of learning to women. – Daniel Defoe

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You live and learn. At any rate, you live. – Douglas Adams

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