As in political so in literary action a man wins friends for himself mostly by the passion of his prejudices and the… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughts of other men by reason of respect or natural love. — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
A writer without interest or sympathy for the foibles of his fellow man is not conceivable as a writer. — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
The blight of futility that lies in wait for men's speeches had fallen upon our conversation and made it a thing of… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
The last thing a woman will consent to in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
It is my belief no man ever understands quite his own artful dodges to escape from the grim shadow of self knowledge. — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men. — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
I saw him open his mouth wide. . . as though he had wanted to swallow all the air, all the earth,… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Some great men owe most of their greatness to the ability of detecting in those they destine for their tools the exact… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
It is when we try to grapple with another man's intimate need that we perceive how incomprehensible, wavering, and misty are the… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
The mind of man is capable of anything--because everything is in it, all the past as well as all the future. What… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Few men realize that their life, the very essence of their character, their capabilities and their audacities, are only the expression of… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
I can't tell if a straw ever saved a drowning man, but I know that a mere glance is enough to make… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
The interior deprives men of their senses. Here, the eerie stillness of the wilderness and the darkness of night render the men… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
One wonders that there can be found a man courageous enough to occupy the post. It is a matter of meditation. Having… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
The mysteries of a universe made of drops of fire and clods of mud do not concern us in the least. The… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Words, as is well known, are the great foes of reality. I have been for many years a teacher of languages. It… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Life knows us not and we do not know life—-we don’t know even our own thoughts. Half the words we use have… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
The moon had spread over everything a thin layer of silver - over the rank grass, over the mud, upon the wall… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
In some inland post feel the savagery, the utter savagery, had closed round him--all that mysterious life of the wilderness that stirs… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
It is not Justice the servant of men, but accident, hazard, Fortune-the ally of patient Time-that holds an even and scrupulous balance. — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love - and to put its trust in… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
For every age is fed on illusions, lest men should renounce life early, and the human race come to an end. — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls into the sea. — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Any fool can carry on, but a wise man knows how to shorten sail in time. — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
An artist is a man of action, whether he creates a personality, invents an expedient, or finds the issue of a complicated… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
You can't, in sound morals, condemn a man for taking care of his own integrity. It is his clear duty. — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
I remember my youth... the feeling that I could last forever, outlast the sea, the earth, and all men. — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Things and men have always a certain sense, a certain side by which they must be got hold of if one wants… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
This magnificent butterfly finds a little heap of dirt and sits still on it; but man will never on his heap of… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Only in men's imagination does every truth find an effective and undeniable existence. Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Being a lady is a frightfully troublesome assignment, since it comprises mainly in managing men. — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“Hunters for gold or pursuers of fame, they all had gone out on that stream, bearing the sword, and often the torch, messengers of… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
The good author is he who contemplates without marked joy or excessive sorrow the adventures of his soul amongst criticisms. — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“A fool, what with sheer fright and fine sentiments, is always safe.” — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“The mind of man is capable of anything-because everything is in it, all the past as well as all the future. What was there… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Few men realize that their life, the very essence of their character, their capabilities and their audacities, are only the expression of their belief… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“Perhaps on some quiet night the tremor of far-off drums, sinking, swelling, a tremor vast, faint; a sound weird, appealing, suggestive and wild -… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“All that mysterious life of the wilderness that stirs in the forest, in the jungles, in the hearts of wild men.” — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“Thieving was not a sheer absurdity. It was a form of human industry, perverse indeed, but still an industry exercised in an industrious world;… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
