The conquest of the earth... is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much. What redeems it is the idea only... not a sentimentalpretense but an idea.
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This quote is just one of 25 total Joseph Conrad quotes in our collection. Joseph Conrad is known for saying 'The conquest of the earth... is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much. What redeems it is the idea only... not a sentimental pretense but an idea.' as well as some of the following quotes.
The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary: men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.
It's extraordinary how we go through life with eyes half shut, with dull ears, with dormant thoughts. Perhaps it's just as well; and it may be that it is this very dullness that makes life to the incalculable majority so supportable and so welcome.
There is something haunting in the light of the moon; it has all the dispassionateness of a disembodied soul, and something of its inconceivable mystery.
This quote is just one of 25 total Joseph Conrad quotes in our collection. Joseph Conrad is known for saying 'The conquest of the earth... is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much. What redeems it is the idea only... not a sentimental pretense but an idea.' as well as some of the following quotes.