Action is consolatory. It is the enemy of thought and the friend of flattering illusions.

Quote by Joseph Conrad

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For all that has been said of the love that certain natures (on shore) have...

For all that has been said of the love that certain natures (on shore) have...

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.

You can't, in sound morals, condemn a man for taking care of his own integrity....

You can't, in sound morals, condemn a man for taking care of his own integrity....

A man's most open actions have a secret side to them.

A man's most open actions have a secret side to them.

Don't you forget what's divine in the Russian soul and that's resignation.

Don't you forget what's divine in the Russian soul and that's resignation.

There are men here and there to whom the whole of life is like an...

There are men here and there to whom the whole of life is like an...

Any work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification...

Any work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification...

I would not unduly praise the virtue of restraint. It is often merely temperamental. But...

I would not unduly praise the virtue of restraint. It is often merely temperamental. But...

He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but...

He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but...

I remember my youth and the feeling that will never come back any more /the...

I remember my youth and the feeling that will never come back any more /the...

Nations it may be have fashioned their Governments, but the Governments have paid them back...

Nations it may be have fashioned their Governments, but the Governments have paid them back...

Who knows what true loneliness is - not the conventional word but the naked terror?...

Who knows what true loneliness is - not the conventional word but the naked terror?...

I take it that what all men are really after is some form or perhaps...

I take it that what all men are really after is some form or perhaps...

In order to move others deeply we must deliberately allow ourselves to be carried away...

In order to move others deeply we must deliberately allow ourselves to be carried away...

A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls into...

A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls into...

The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary: men alone are quite...

The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary: men alone are quite...

The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the...

The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the...

Gossip is what no one claims to like, but everybody enjoys.

Gossip is what no one claims to like, but everybody enjoys.

A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughts of other men...

A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughts of other men...

There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea.

There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea.