Maxioms by Joseph Conrad
Only in men's imagination does every truth find an effective and undeniable existence. Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master read more
Only in men's imagination does every truth find an effective and undeniable existence. Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life.
Who knows what true loneliness is -- not the conventional word but the naked terror? To the lonely themselves it read more
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.
I dare say I am compelled, unconsciously compelled, now to write volume after volume, as in past years I was read more
I dare say I am compelled, unconsciously compelled, now to write volume after volume, as in past years I was compelled to go to sea, voyage after voyage. Leaves must follow upon each other as leagues used to follow in the days gone by, on and on to the appointed end, which, being truth itself, is one -- one for all men and for all occupations.
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.
As to honor -- you know -- it's a very fine mediaeval inheritance which women never got hold of. It read more
As to honor -- you know -- it's a very fine mediaeval inheritance which women never got hold of. It wasn't theirs.
