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Joseph Conrad Quotes

I had no particular desire to enlighten them, but I had some difficulty in restraining myself from laughing in their faces, so full of stupid importance Picture Quote #1

Any fool can carry on, but a wise man knows how to shorten sail in time Picture Quote #1

A writer without interest or sympathy for the foibles of his fellow man is not conceivable as a writer Picture Quote #1

Here’s the main page of motivational quotes, if you want a different topic. Gossip is what no one claims to like, but everybody enjoys Picture Quote #1

The last thing a woman will consent to in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage Picture Quote #1

It is very difficult to be wholly joyous or wholly sad on this earth. The comic, when he is human, soon takes upon itself the face of pain Picture Quote #1

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A train of thought is never false. The falsehood lies deep in the necessities of existence Picture Quote #1

Follow your bliss. Find where it is and don’t be afraid to follow it Picture Quote #1

The old river in its broad reach rested unruffled at the decline of day, after ages of good service done to the race that peopled its banks, spread out in the tranquil dignity of a waterway leading to the uttermost ends of the earth Picture Quote #1

The reaches opened before us and closed behind, as if the forest had stepped leisurely across the water to bar the way for our return. We penetrated deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness Picture Quote #1

We owe much to the fruitful meditation of our sages, but a sane view of life is, after all, elaborated mainly in the kitchen Picture Quote #1

All one’s work might have been better done; but this is a sort of reflection a worker must put aside courageously if he doesn’t mean every one of his conceptions to remain forever a private vision, an evanescent reverie Picture Quote #1

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All creative art is magic, is evocation of the unseen in forms persuasive, enlightening, familiar and surprising Picture Quote #1

You can’t breathe dead hippo waking, sleeping, and eating, and at the same time keep your precarious grip on existence Picture Quote #1

Society was calling to its accomplished child to come, to be taken care of, to be instructed, to be judged, to be condemned; it called him to return to that rubbish heap from which he had wandered away, so that justice could be done Picture Quote #1

The condemned social order has not been built up on paper and ink, and I don’t fancy that a combination of paper and ink will ever put an end to it Picture Quote #1

In the empty immensity of earth, sky, and water, there she was, incomprehensible, firing into a continent Picture Quote #1

A certain simplicity of thought is common to serene souls at both ends of the social scale Picture Quote #1

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The sea never changes and its works, for all the talks of men, are wrapped in mystery Picture Quote #1

I would not unduly praise the virtue of restraint. It is often merely temperamental. But it is not always a sign of coldness. It may be pride. There can be nothing more humiliating than to see the shaft of one’s emotion miss the mark of either laughter or tears. Nothing more humiliating! And this for the reason that should the mark be missed, should the open display of emotion fail to move, then it must perish unavoidably in disgust or contempt Picture Quote #1

Words, as is well known, are the great foes of reality. I have been for many years a teacher of languages. It is an occupation which at length becomes fatal to whatever share of imagination, observation, and insight an ordinary person may be heir to. 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 Picture Quote #1

Joy and sorrow in this world pass into each other, mingling their forms and their murmurs in the twilight of life as mysterious as an overshadowed ocean, while the dazzling brightness of supreme hopes lies far off, fascinating and still, on the distant edge of the horizon Picture Quote #1

Being myself animated by feelings of affection toward my fellowmen, I am saddened by the modern system of advertising. Whatever evidence it offers of enterprise, ingenuity, impudence, and resource in certain individuals, it proves to my mind the wide prevalence of that form of mental degradation which is called gullibility Picture Quote #1

The hair of his face, on the contrary, carroty and flaming, resembled a growth of copper wire clipped short to the line of the lip; while, no matter how close he shaved, fiery metallic gleams passed, when he moved his head, over the surface of his cheeks Picture Quote #1

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Who could tell what forms, what visions, what faces, what forgiveness he could see in the glow of the west! Picture Quote #1

What makes mankind tragic is not that they are the victims of nature, it is that they are conscious of it Picture Quote #1

She strode like a grenadier, was strong and upright like an obelisk, had a beautiful face, a candid brow, pure eyes, and not a thought of her own in her head Picture Quote #1

The sea never changes and its works, for all the talk of men, are wrapped in mystery Picture Quote #1

For the great mass of mankind the only saving grace that is needed is steady fidelity to what is nearest to hand and heart in the short moment of each human effort Picture Quote #1

The perfect delight of writing tales where so many lives come and go at the cost of one which slips imperceptibly away Picture Quote #1

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I had no particular desire to enlighten them, but I had some difficulty in restraining myself from laughing in their faces, so full of stupid importance (Joseph Conrad Quotes) Any fool can carry on, but a wise man knows how to shorten sail in time (Joseph Conrad Quotes) A writer without interest or sympathy for the foibles of his fellow man is not conceivable as a writer (Joseph Conrad Quotes) Here’s the main page of motivational quotes, if you want a different topic. Gossip is what no one claims to like, but everybody enjoys (Joseph Conrad Quotes) The last thing a woman will consent to in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage (Joseph Conrad Quotes) It is very difficult to be wholly joyous or wholly sad on this earth. The comic, when he is human, soon takes upon itself the face of pain (Joseph Conrad Quotes) A train of thought is never false. The falsehood lies deep in the necessities of existence (Joseph Conrad Quotes) Follow your bliss. Find where it is and don’t be afraid to follow it (Joseph Conrad Quotes) The old river in its broad reach rested unruffled at the decline of day, after ages of good service done to the race that peopled its banks, spread out in the tranquil dignity of a waterway leading to the uttermost ends of the earth (Joseph Conrad Quotes) The reaches opened before us and closed behind, as if the forest had stepped leisurely across the water to bar the way for our return. We penetrated deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness (Joseph Conrad Quotes) We owe much to the fruitful meditation of our sages, but a sane view of life is, after all, elaborated mainly in the kitchen (Joseph Conrad Quotes) All one’s work might have been better done; but this is a sort of reflection a worker must put aside courageously if he doesn’t mean every one of his conceptions to remain forever a private vision, an evanescent reverie (Joseph Conrad Quotes) All creative art is magic, is evocation of the unseen in forms persuasive, enlightening, familiar and surprising (Joseph Conrad Quotes) You can’t breathe dead hippo waking, sleeping, and eating, and at the same time keep your precarious grip on existence (Joseph Conrad Quotes) Society was calling to its accomplished child to come, to be taken care of, to be instructed, to be judged, to be condemned; it called him to return to that rubbish heap from which he had wandered away, so that justice could be done (Joseph Conrad Quotes) The condemned social order has not been built up on paper and ink, and I don’t fancy that a combination of paper and ink will ever put an end to it (Joseph Conrad Quotes) In the empty immensity of earth, sky, and water, there she was, incomprehensible, firing into a continent (Joseph Conrad Quotes) A certain simplicity of thought is common to serene souls at both ends of the social scale (Joseph Conrad Quotes) The sea never changes and its works, for all the talks of men, are wrapped in mystery (Joseph Conrad Quotes) I would not unduly praise the virtue of restraint. It is often merely temperamental. But it is not always a sign of coldness. It may be pride. There can be nothing more humiliating than to see the shaft of one’s emotion miss the mark of either laughter or tears. Nothing more humiliating! And this for the reason that should the mark be missed, should the open display of emotion fail to move, then it must perish unavoidably in disgust or contempt (Joseph Conrad Quotes) Words, as is well known, are the great foes of reality. I have been for many years a teacher of languages. It is an occupation which at length becomes fatal to whatever share of imagination, observation, and insight an ordinary person may be heir to. 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 Quotes) Joy and sorrow in this world pass into each other, mingling their forms and their murmurs in the twilight of life as mysterious as an overshadowed ocean, while the dazzling brightness of supreme hopes lies far off, fascinating and still, on the distant edge of the horizon (Joseph Conrad Quotes) Being myself animated by feelings of affection toward my fellowmen, I am saddened by the modern system of advertising. Whatever evidence it offers of enterprise, ingenuity, impudence, and resource in certain individuals, it proves to my mind the wide prevalence of that form of mental degradation which is called gullibility (Joseph Conrad Quotes) The hair of his face, on the contrary, carroty and flaming, resembled a growth of copper wire clipped short to the line of the lip; while, no matter how close he shaved, fiery metallic gleams passed, when he moved his head, over the surface of his cheeks (Joseph Conrad Quotes) Who could tell what forms, what visions, what faces, what forgiveness he could see in the glow of the west! (Joseph Conrad Quotes) What makes mankind tragic is not that they are the victims of nature, it is that they are conscious of it (Joseph Conrad Quotes) She strode like a grenadier, was strong and upright like an obelisk, had a beautiful face, a candid brow, pure eyes, and not a thought of her own in her head (Joseph Conrad Quotes) The sea never changes and its works, for all the talk of men, are wrapped in mystery (Joseph Conrad Quotes) For the great mass of mankind the only saving grace that is needed is steady fidelity to what is nearest to hand and heart in the short moment of each human effort (Joseph Conrad Quotes) The perfect delight of writing tales where so many lives come and go at the cost of one which slips imperceptibly away (Joseph Conrad Quotes)

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