And perhaps in this is the whole difference; perhaps all the wisdom, and all truth, and all sincerity, are just compressed into… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“But the artist appeals to that part of our being which is not dependent on wisdom; to that in us which is… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“And after some talk we agreed that the wisdom of rats had been grossly overrated, being in fact no greater than that… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“It would have been so much in accordance with the wisdom of life, which consists in putting out of sight all the… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“True wisdom, which is not certain of anything in this world of contradictions, would have prevented him from attaining his present position.… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Any fool can carry on, but only the wise man knows how to shorten sail. — 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
The artist appeals to that part of our being which is not dependent on wisdom; to that in us which is a… — 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
