The Secret Agent
Joseph Conrad
Top 10 Best Quotes
“We can never cease to be ourselves.”
“Madness alone is truly terrifying, inasmuch as you cannot placate it by threats, persuasion, or bribes.”
“I am afraid that if you want to go down into history you'll have to do something for it.”
“All idealisation makes life poorer. To beautify it is to take away its character of complexity — it is to destroy it.”
“The condemned social order has not been built up on paper and ink, and I don't fancy that a combination of paper and ink will ever put an end to it.”
“As a general rule, a reputation is built on manner as much as on achievement.”
“Do you know how I would call the nature of the present economic conditions? I would call it cannibalistic. That's what it is! They are nourishing their greed on the quivering flesh and the warm blood of the people - nothing else.”
“There are more kinds of fools than one can guard against.”
“(law is) the pretty branding instrument invented by the overfed to protect themselves against the hungry ?”
“A certain simplicity of thought is common to serene souls at both ends of the social scale.”
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Book Keywords:
law-justice-property, equality, achievement, reputation, truth, appearances, idealisation, simplicity
