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The vilest scramble for loot that ever disfigured the history of human conscience.


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Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.

Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.



The air of the New World seems favorable to the art of declamation.

The air of the New World seems favorable to the art of declamation.



It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, warm fog.

It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, warm fog.



I don't like work... but I like what is in work - the chance to find yourself. Your own reality - for yourself, not for others - which no other man can ever know.

I don't like work... but I like what is in work - the chance to find yourself. Your own reality - for yourself, not for others - which no other man can ever know.



The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.

The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.



We penetrated deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness

We penetrated deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness



If you don't make mistakes, you don't make anything .

If you don't make mistakes, you don't make anything .



There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea.

There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea.



To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot.

To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot.



They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience.

They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience.





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I proceeded in my national mission, seeking to pave the way for an understanding between His Majesty and the other ruling princes of Arabia.



It's better to live one day on this planet being true to yourself than an entire lifetime which is a lie

It's better to live one day on this planet being true to yourself than an entire lifetime which is a lie



Seek virtue and of that posest, to Providence resign the rest.

Seek virtue and of that posest, to Providence resign the rest.



I have a necklace around my neck that my lady gave me, so I try never to leave home without that.

I have a necklace around my neck that my lady gave me, so I try never to leave home without that.



I'm afraid I'm being an awful nuisance.

I'm afraid I'm being an awful nuisance.



Nobody walks well first, nobody writes well first and nobody cooks well first.

Nobody walks well first, nobody writes well first and nobody cooks well first.



But happiness is being able to hope, however faintly, for happiness. So, at least, we must believe if we are to live in the world of today.

But happiness is being able to hope, however faintly, for happiness. So, at least, we must believe if we are to live in the world of today.



I am placed in situations with opportunities in those situations that others are not. I don't believe that that is happenstance. I believe that there is a God that has a plan for me.

I am placed in situations with opportunities in those situations that others are not. I don't believe that that is happenstance. I believe that there is a God that has a plan for me.



You almost wish you could turn off the COMM and just appreciate the deafening quiet.

You almost wish you could turn off the COMM and just appreciate the deafening quiet.




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