Joseph Conrad

Vanity plays lurid tricks with our memory.

Vanity plays lurid tricks with our memory.

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.

You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends.

You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends.

Some great men owe most of their greatness to the ability of detecting in those they destine for their tools read more

Some great men owe most of their greatness to the ability of detecting in those they destine for their tools the exact quality of strength that matters for their work.

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

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