Polish-British writer
We live, as we dream – alone. – Joseph Conrad
It’s extraordinary how we go through life with eyes half shut, with dull ears, with dormant thoughts. Perhaps it’s just as well; and it may be that it is this very dullness that makes life to the incalculable majority so supportable and so welcome. – Joseph Conrad
I don’t like work – no man does – but I like what is in the work – the chance to find yourself. Your own reality – for yourself not for others – what no other man can ever know. They can only see the mere show, and never can tell what it really means. – Joseph Conrad
You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends. – Joseph Conrad
I take it that what all men are really after is some form or perhaps only some formula of peace. – Joseph Conrad
The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness. – Joseph Conrad
The mind of man is capable of anything. – Joseph Conrad
Facing it, always facing it, that’s the way to get through. Face it. – Joseph Conrad
It’s only those who do nothing that make no mistakes, I suppose. – Joseph Conrad
Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men. – Joseph Conrad
The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the community of mankind. – Joseph Conrad
As a general rule, a reputation is built on manner as much as on achievement. – Joseph Conrad
Never test another man by your own weakness. – Joseph Conrad
Gossip is what no one claims to like, but everybody enjoys. – Joseph Conrad
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