Nowhere else than upon the sea do the days, weeks, and months fall away quicker into the past. They seem to be left astern as easily as the light air-bubbles in the swirls of the ship’s wake.
JOSEPH CONRADThe question is not how to get cured, but how to live.
More Joseph Conrad Quotes
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Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.
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We live in the flicker — may it last as long as the old earth keeps rolling! But darkness was here yesterday.
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The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness.
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It would take too long to explain the intimate alliance of contradictions in human nature which makes love itself wear at times the desperate shape of betrayal. And perhaps there is no possible explanation.
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A writer without interest or sympathy for the foibles of his fellow man is not conceivable as a writer.
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Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life.
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Few men realize that their life, the very essence of their character, their capabilities and their audacities, are only the expression of their belief in the safety of their surroundings.
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It’s extraordinary how we go through life with eyes half shut, with dull ears, with dormant thoughts. Perhaps it’s just as well; and it may be that it is this very dullness that makes life to the incalculable majority so supportable and so welcome.
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The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much.
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We can never cease to be ourselves.
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The sea – this truth must be confessed – has no generosity. No display of manly qualities – courage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness – has ever been known to touch its irresponsible consciousness of power.
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As a general rule, a reputation is built on manner as much as on achievement.
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All roads are long which lead to one’s heart’s desire.
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I am afraid that if you want to go down into history you’ll have to do something for it.
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I always went my own road and on my own legs where I had a mind to go.
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