We live, as we dream alone

Quote by Joseph Conrad

Topics: Living Quotes

It is to be remarked that a good many people are born curiously unfitted for...

It is to be remarked that a good many people are born curiously unfitted for...

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...

Each blade of grass has its spot on earth whence it draws its life, its...

Each blade of grass has its spot on earth whence it draws its life, its...

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....

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.

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.

Going home must be like going to render an account.

Going home must be like going to render an account.

It is respectable to have no illusions, and safe, and profitable and dull.

It is respectable to have no illusions, and safe, and profitable and dull.

All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of...

All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of...

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.

It is a maudlin and indecent verity that comes out through the strength of wine.

It is a maudlin and indecent verity that comes out through the strength of wine.

All a man can betray is his conscience.

All a man can betray is his conscience.

Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love...

Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love...

Being a woman is a terribly task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.

Being a woman is a terribly task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.

The mind of man is capable of anything because everything is in it, all the...

The mind of man is capable of anything because everything is in it, all 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.

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.

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...

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...