“ the question is not how to get cured, but how to live. ”
Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim (1900). copy citation
Author | Joseph Conrad |
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Source | Lord Jim |
Topic | cure living |
Date | 1900 |
Language | English |
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Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/5658/5658-h/5658-h.htm |
Context
“One thing alone can us from being ourselves cure!» The finger came down on the desk with a smart rap. The case which he had made to look so simple before became if possible still simpler—and altogether hopeless. There was a pause. «Yes,» said I, «strictly speaking, the question is not how to get cured, but how to live.»
'He approved with his head, a little sadly as it seemed. «Ja! ja! In general, adapting the words of your great poet: That is the question. . . .» He went on nodding sympathetically. . . . «How to be!” source
'He approved with his head, a little sadly as it seemed. «Ja! ja! In general, adapting the words of your great poet: That is the question. . . .» He went on nodding sympathetically. . . . «How to be!” source