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Quote by Joseph Conrad
It is when we try to grapple with another mans intimate need that

It is when we try to grapple with another mans intimate need that we perceive how incomprehensible, wavering, and misty are the beings that share with us the sight of the stars and the warmth of the sun. – Joseph Conrad

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Only in mens imagination does every truth find an effective and undeniable existence. Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life. – Joseph Conrad

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The sea – this truth must be confessed – has no generosity. No display of manly qualities – courage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness – has ever been known to touch its irresponsible consciousness of power. – Joseph Conrad

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Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love – and to put its trust in life. – Joseph Conrad

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[N]o man is a dullard… every man is a philosopher. – Joe Kita, “What I Know,” Wisdom of Our Fathers, 1999

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The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man inevitably confines himself within ancient limits. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Only a few human beings should grow to the square mile; they are commonly planted too close. – William T. Davis

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To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine their pursuits and aversions. – Marcus Aurelius

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