No man succeeds in everything he undertakes. In that sense we are all failures. The great point is not to fail in ordering and sustaining the effort of our life. In this matter vanity is what leads us astray. It hurries us into situations from which we... The Complete Works of Joseph Conrad - Page 234by Joseph Conrad - 1921Full view - About this book
| Joseph Conrad - Dueling - 1908 - 206 pages
...sustaining the effort of our life. In this matter vanity is what leads us astray. It is our vanity which hurries us into situations from which we must come...was proud and reserved. He had not been damaged by casual love affairs successful or otherwise. In his war-scarred body his heart at forty remained unscratched.... | |
| Joseph Conrad - Dueling - 1908 - 204 pages
...sustaining the effort of our life. In this matter vanity is what leads us astray. It is our vanity which hurries us into situations from which we must come...as by the virtue of its sustaining power. General D' Hubert was proud and reserved. He had not been damaged by casual love affairs successful or otherwise.... | |
| Joseph Conrad - Short stories, English - 1921 - 316 pages
...the War Minister of the Second Restoration. IV No man succeeds in everything he undertakes. In *Jiat sense we are all failures. The great point is not...casual love affairs, successful or otherwise. In his war -scarred body his heart at forty remained unscratched. Entering with reserve into his sister's... | |
| George Carroll Dyer - World War, 1939-1945 - 1972 - 706 pages
...from The Duel by Joseph Conrad. This reads as follows: No man succeeds in everything he undertakes. The great point is not to fail in ordering and sustaining...pride is our safeguard, by the reserve it imposes on our choice of our endeavors as much as by the virtue of its sustaining powers. Kelly Turner had his... | |
| Joseph Conrad - 1921 - 388 pages
...without ceremony by means of a service order signed by the War Minister of the Second Restoration. IV No man succeeds in everything he undertakes. In that...as by the virtue of its sustaining power. General D 'Hubert was proud and reserved. He had not been damaged by his casual love affairs, successful or... | |
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