Joseph Conrad ( 10 of 25 )
An artist is a man of action, whether he creates a personality, invents an expedient, or finds the issue of read more
An artist is a man of action, whether he creates a personality, invents an expedient, or finds the issue of a complicated situation.
Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.
Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.
A man is a worker. If he is not that he is nothing.
A man is a worker. If he is not that he is nothing.
As to honor -- you know -- it's a very fine mediaeval inheritance which women never got hold of. It read more
As to honor -- you know -- it's a very fine mediaeval inheritance which women never got hold of. It wasn't theirs.
Vanity plays lurid tricks with our memory.
Vanity plays lurid tricks with our memory.
Perhaps life is just that... a dream and a fear.
Perhaps life is just that... a dream and a fear.
It is the mark of an inexperienced man not to believe in luck.
It is the mark of an inexperienced man not to believe in luck.
The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the community of mankind.
The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the community of mankind.
Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love--and to put its trust in read more
Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love--and to put its trust in life.
I dare say I am compelled, unconsciously compelled, now to write volume after volume, as in past years I was read more
I dare say I am compelled, unconsciously compelled, now to write volume after volume, as in past years I was compelled to go to sea, voyage after voyage. Leaves must follow upon each other as leagues used to follow in the days gone by, on and on to the appointed end, which, being truth itself, is one -- one for all men and for all occupations.
