All a man can betray is his conscience. ✨ Joseph Conrad (2016). Joseph…

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All a man can betray is his conscience. ✨ Joseph Conrad (2016). Joseph Conrad: The Complete Novels [Nostromo, Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, The Secret Agent, etc.] (Book House), p.1449, Book House
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I had no particular desire to enlighten them, but I had some difficulty in restraining myself from laughing in their faces, so full of stupid importance. ✨ Joseph Conrad (2015). Joseph Conrad Ultimat … ▶
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The condemned social order has not been built up on paper and ink, and I don't fancy that a combination of paper and ink will ever put an end to it. ✨ Joseph Conrad (2007). The Secret Agent, p.46, Pe … ▶
For there is nothing mysterious to a seaman unless it be the sea itself, which is the mistress of his existence. ✨ Joseph Conrad (2008). Heart of Darkness and Other Tales, OUP Oxford
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All a man can betray is his conscience. ✨ Joseph Conrad (2016). Joseph Conrad: The Complete Novels [Nostromo, Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, The Secret Agent, etc.] (Book House), p.1449, Book House

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