"The sea has never been friendly to man.……" — Joseph Conrad

"The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness."

— Joseph Conrad

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235 Quotes by Joseph Conrad

Joseph Conrad has 235 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

A man is a worker. If he is not that he is nothing.
That faculty of beholding at a hint the face of his desire and the shape of his dream, without which…
It is the mark of an inexperienced man not to believe in luck.
Sleep after toyle, port after stormie seas, Ease after warre, death after life, does greatly please.
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The true peace of God begins at any spot a thousand miles from the nearest land.
Every age is fed on illusions, lest men should renounce life early and the human race come to an end.
The last thing a woman will consent to in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends,…
It is very difficult to be wholly joyous or wholly sad on this earth. The comic, when he is human,…
What is a novel if not a conviction of our fellow men's existence strong enough to take upon itself a…
Things and men have always a certain sense, a certain side by which they must be got hold of if…
A train of thought is never false. The falsehood lies deep in the necessities of existence.

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More Accomplice Quotes

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When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice. — Saul Bellow
We are always making God our accomplice so that we may legalize our own inequities. — Henri Frederic Amiel
To ignore evil is to become an accomplice to it. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
We are standing face to face with the barbarians. The enemy is no longer outside but inside the City, and… — Guillaume Faye
I'm an accomplice to helping women get what they want. — John Galliano
I was a sinner. I knew that without a doubt. But I was not alone. And the night was the… — William Kent Krueger
Stolen kisses require an accomplice. — Texas Bix Bender
When struck on one cheek to turn the other, is really joining a conspiracy to secure the triumph of brutality.… — Robert Green Ingersoll
Art is the accomplice of love. — Remy de Gourmont
Art is the accomplice of love. Take love away and there is no longer art. — Remy de Gourmont
If I never spoke of hell, I should think I had kept back something that was profitable, and should look… — J C Ryle
There are some situations one simply cannot be neutral about, because when you are neutral you are an accomplice. Objectivity… — Christiane Amanpour

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