The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness.

Quote by Joseph Conrad

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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.

Danger lies in the writer becoming the victim of his own exaggeration, losing the exact...

Danger lies in the writer becoming the victim of his own exaggeration, losing the exact...

It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a...

It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a...

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...

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...

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

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

Going home must be like going to render an account.

Going home must be like going to render an account.

All a man can betray is his conscience

All a man can betray is his conscience

Facing it, always facing it, that's the way to get through. Face it.

Facing it, always facing it, that's the way to get through. Face it.

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

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

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...

I don't like work... but I like what is in work - the chance to...

I don't like work... but I like what is in work - the chance to...

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?...

Vanity plays lurid tricks with our memory

Vanity plays lurid tricks with our memory

To have his path made clear for him is the aspiration of every human being...

To have his path made clear for him is the aspiration of every human being...

They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be...

They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be...

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...

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?...

To be an adult is to be alone.

To be an adult is to be alone.

So lonely 'twas that God himself Scarce seemed there to be.

So lonely 'twas that God himself Scarce seemed there to be.