Victory by Joseph Conrad, Part I

Aphorism 30: “Victory, the shinning goal of noble effort!” page vii

Aphorism 31: “Thinking, the great enemy of perfection!” page X

Aphorism 32: “Inspiration is sometimes just getting out of the way!” page X

Aphorism 33: “Unperturbed polite interest!”

Full Quote: “Morrison was swiftly reproachful in his answer, and there came a pause, Morrison perhaps interrogating his conscience and Heyst preserving a mien of unperturbed, polite interest.” P. 13. The Modern Library, Doubleday, NY, 1921.

Aphorism 34: “God expects men to be self-reliant!”

Full Quote: “I believe in children praying—well women, too, but I rather think God expects men to be more self-reliant.” P. 13