Maxioms by Joseph Conrad
It is the mark of an inexperienced man not to believe in luck.
It is the mark of an inexperienced man not to believe in luck.
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.
Vanity plays lurid tricks with our memory.
Vanity plays lurid tricks with our memory.
It is to be remarked that a good many people are born curiously unfitted for the fate waiting them on read more
It is to be remarked that a good many people are born curiously unfitted for the fate waiting them on this earth. - Chance.
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.
