Quotes by Joseph Conrad

Explore a curated collection of 80 quotes by Joseph Conrad. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

Perhaps life is just that... a dream and a fear. — Joseph Conrad
A word carries far, very far, deals destruction through time as the bullets go flying through space. — 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 s — Joseph Conrad
Each blade of grass has its spot on earth whence it draws its life, its strength; and so is man rooted to the land from — Joseph Conrad
It is a maudlin and indecent verity that comes out through the strength of wine. — Joseph Conrad
Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men. — Joseph Conrad
As to honor - you know - it's a very fine mediaeval inheritance which women never got hold of. It wasn't theirs. — Joseph Conrad
History repeats itself, but the special call of an art which has passed away is never reproduced. It is as utterly gone — Joseph Conrad
The sea - this truth must be confessed - has no generosity. No display of manly qualities - courage, hardihood, enduranc — Joseph Conrad
How does one kill fear, I wonder? How do you shoot a specter through the heart, slash off its spectral head, take it by — Joseph Conrad
Only in men's imagination does every truth find an effective and undeniable existence. Imagination, not invention, is th — Joseph Conrad
Truth of a modest sort I can promise you, and also sincerity. That complete, praiseworthy sincerity which, while it deli — Joseph Conrad
The last thing a woman will consent to discover in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want of coura — Joseph Conrad
It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, warm fog. — Joseph Conrad
He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of sound has a — Joseph Conrad
Any work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every line. — Joseph Conrad
The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary men alone are quite capable of every wickedness. — Joseph Conrad
Going home must be like going to render an account. — Joseph Conrad
Who knows what true loneliness is - not the conventional word but the naked terror? To the lonely themselves it wears a — Joseph Conrad
All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. — Joseph Conrad