We are snared into doing things for which we get called names, and thi…

Joseph Conrad
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We are snared into doing things for which we get called names, and things for which we get hanged, and yet the spirit may well survive - survive the condemnations, survive the halter, by Jove! And there are things - they look small enough sometimes too - by which some of us are totally and completely undone. ✨ Joseph Conrad (2005). Selected Works of Joseph Conrad, p.37, Wordsworth Editions
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