He has to live in the midst of the incomprehensible, which is also det…

Joseph Conrad
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He has to live in the midst of the incomprehensible, which is also detestable. ✨ Joseph Conrad Heart of Darkness, W. W. Norton & Company
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You can't, in sound morals, condemn a man for taking care of his own integrity. It is his clear duty. ✨ Joseph Conrad (2015). Complete Short Stories of Joseph Conrad (Including His Memoirs, Letters & … ▶
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Art is long and life is short, and success is very far off. ✨ Joseph Conrad (1962). The Nigger of the 'Narcissus', p.6, Gottfried & Fritz
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In the empty immensity of earth, sky, and water, there she was, incomprehensible, firing into a continent. ✨ Joseph Conrad Heart of Darkness, W. W. Norton & Company

He has to live in the midst of the incomprehensible, which is also detestable. ✨ Joseph Conrad Heart of Darkness, W. W. Norton & Company

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