All ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind.

—Joseph Conrad

About Joseph Conrad

Portrait of Joseph Conrad

Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, Polish: [ˈjuzɛf tɛˈɔdɔr ˈkɔnrat kɔʐɛˈɲɔfskʲi] ; 3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924) was a Polish-British novelist and story writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language and – though he did not speak English fluently until...

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Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same posture with creeping.

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Ambition - it is the last infirmity of noble minds.

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