Quotes by Joseph Conrad, The Secret Agent

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All idealisation makes life poorer. To beautify it is to take away its character of complexity — it is to destroy it. — Joseph Conrad, The Secret Agent
No man engaged in a work he does not like can preserve many saving illusionsabout himself. The distaste, the absence of — Joseph Conrad, The Secret Agent
There too he had been treated with revolting injustice. His struggles, his privations,his hard work to raise himself in — Joseph Conrad, The Secret Agent
As a general rule, a reputation is built on manner as much as on achievement. — Joseph Conrad, The Secret Agent
Preparation for the future was necessary, and he was willing to admit that the great change would perhaps come in the up — Joseph Conrad, The Secret Agent
A certain simplicity of thought is common to serene souls at both ends of the social scale. — Joseph Conrad, The Secret Agent
You revolutionists' the other continued, with leisurely self-confidence, 'are the slaves of the social convention, which — Joseph Conrad, The Secret Agent