A modern fleet of ships does not so much make use of the sea as exploit a highway. Joseph Conrad exploitfleethighway Change image and share on social
History repeats itself, but the special call of an art which has passed away is never reproduced. It is as utterly gone out of the world as the song of a destroyed wild bird. Joseph Conrad artbirdcall Change image and share on social
Who knows what true loneliness is - not the conventional word but the naked terror? To the lonely themselves it wears a mask. The most miserable outcast hugs some memory or some illusion. Joseph Conrad conventionalhugillusion Change image and share on social
To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot. Joseph Conrad animalappearlanguage Change image and share on social
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. Joseph Conrad confessconsciousnesscourage share on social
There are men here and there to whom the whole of life is like an after-dinner hour with a cigar; easy, pleasant, empty, perhaps enlivened by some fable of strife to be forgotten - before the end is told - even if there happens to be any end to it. Joseph Conrad cigardinnereasy share on social
You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends. Joseph Conrad friendjudgeman Change image and share on social
Don't you forget what's divine in the Russian soul and that's resignation. Joseph Conrad divineforgetresignation Change image and share on social
The last thing a woman will consent to discover in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage. Joseph Conrad consentcouragedepend Change image and share on social
Going home must be like going to render an account. Joseph Conrad accounthomerender Change image and share on social
