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Posted in Joseph Conrad, Uncategorized with tags , , on January 18, 2009 by pisateli

You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends. 

Joseph Conrad

Posted in Joseph Conrad, Uncategorized with tags , on January 18, 2009 by pisateli

As in political so in literary action a man wins friends for himself mostly by the passion of his prejudices and the consistent narrowness of his outlook.

 

Joseph Conrad

Posted in Joseph Conrad, Uncategorized with tags on January 18, 2009 by pisateli

Action is consolatory. It is the enemy of thought and the friend of flattering illusions. 

Joseph Conrad (1857 – 3 August 1924) A Polish novelist, writing in English.