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 CONRADGod is for men, and religion for women.
More Joseph Conrad Quotes
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He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of sound has always been greater than the power of sense.
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The question is not how to get cured, but how to live.
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Perhaps life is just that- a dream and a fear.
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He struggled with himself, too. I saw it — I heard it. I saw the inconceivable mystery of a soul that knew no restraint, no faith, and no fear, yet struggling blindly with itself.
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Facing it, always facing it, that’s the way to get through. Face it.
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To have his path made clear for him is the aspiration of every human being in our beclouded and tempestuous existence.
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Your strength is just an accident owed to the weakness of others.
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Everything can be found at sea according to the spirit of your quest.
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We can never cease to be ourselves.
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As a general rule, a reputation is built on manner as much as on achievement.
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Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life.
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Give me the right word and the right accent and I will move the world.
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It’s only those who do nothing that make no mistakes, I suppose.
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Words, as is well known, are the great foes of reality.
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The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the community of mankind.
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