Author: Joseph Conrad

Quotes

It is to be remarked that a good many people are born curiously unfitted for the fate waiting them on this earth.

It is to be remarked that a good many people are born curiously unfitted for the fate waiting them on this earth.

- Joseph Conrad

This magnificent butterfly finds a little heap of dirt and sits still on it; but man will never on his heap of mud keep still.

This magnificent butterfly finds a little heap of dirt and sits still on it; but man will never on his heap of mud keep still.

- Joseph Conrad

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.

- Joseph Conrad

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.

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

Going home must be like going to render an account.

Going home must be like going to render an account.

- Joseph Conrad

It is a maudlin and indecent verity that comes out through the strength of wine.

It is a maudlin and indecent verity that comes out through the strength of wine.

- Joseph Conrad

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.

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

Perhaps life is just that... a dream and a fear.

Perhaps life is just that... a dream and a fear.

- Joseph Conrad

The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.

The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.

- Joseph Conrad

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