Quote by Joseph Conrad
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The Westerly Wind asserting his sway from the south-west quarter is often like a monarch gone mad, driving forth with wild imprecations the most faithful of his courtiers to shipwreck, disaster, and death. – 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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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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Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger. – Saint Basil

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Weather

I played as much golf as I could in North Dakota, but summer up there is pretty short. It usually falls on Tuesday. – Mike Morley

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Weather

Snowmen fall from heaven… unassembled. – Author unknown

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Weather

He brewed his tea in a blue china pot, poured it into a chipped white cup with forget-me-nots on the handle, and dropped in a dollop of honey and cream. He sat by the window, cup in hand, watching the first snow fall. “I am,” he sighed deeply, “contented as a clam. I am a most happy man.” – Ethel Pochocki, Wildflower Tea, 1993

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Weather

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Im an awfully loyal friend. Once Ive started a relationship with someone, its like they are syrup and Im a pancake. Their syrup gets into my pancake, so to speak. – Warren Farrell

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Let us not forget that the European Community started as a project for peace after the terrible Second World War. And today people take for granted the freedom to travel, to study, to work abroad. And the citizens of one country have almost exactly the same rights as another country. – Jose Manuel Barroso

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Travel

Being a funny person does an awful lot of things to you. You feel that you mustnt get serious with people. They dont expect it from you, and they dont want to see it. Youre not entitled to be serious, youre a clown. – Fanny Brice

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