He had long ago learned that society imposes insults that must be borne, comforted by the knowledge that in this world there comes a time when the most humble of men, if he keeps his eyes open, can take his revenge on the most powerful. It
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“Your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others.”
― Heart of Darkness
― Heart of Darkness
“Son ciertas las mentiras que ha dicho el que dice la verdad.”
― Salvar el fuego
― Salvar el fuego
“(Nothing, the General muttered, is ever so expensive as what is offered for free.)”
― The Sympathizer
― The Sympathizer
“There is a taint of death, a flavour of mortality in lies”
― Heart of Darkness
― Heart of Darkness
“while the world worlds up at us.” I”
― The Collected Stories
― The Collected Stories
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