The discovery of America was the occasion of the greatest outburst of cruelty and reckless greed known in history.
Joseph ConradThere is a kind way of assisting our fellow-creatures which is enough to break their hearts while it saves their outer envelope.
Joseph ConradAll ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. All intellectual and artistic ambitions are permissible, up to and even beyond the limit of prudent sanity. They can hurt no one.
Joseph Conrad