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.

Quote by Joseph Conrad

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History repeats itself, but the special call of an art which has passed away is...

History repeats itself, but the special call of an art which has passed away is...

A modern fleet of ships does not so much make use of the sea as...

A modern fleet of ships does not so much make use of the sea as...

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.

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...

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...

Vanity plays lurid tricks with our memory

Vanity plays lurid tricks with our memory

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....

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...

This magnificent butterfly finds a little heap of dirt and sits still on it; but...

This magnificent butterfly finds a little heap of dirt and sits still on it; but...

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.

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

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

Some great men owe most of their greatness to the ability of detecting in those...

Some great men owe most of their greatness to the ability of detecting in those...

All a man can betray is his conscience

All a man can betray is his conscience

It is respectable to have illusions - and safe - and profitable, and dull

It is respectable to have illusions - and safe - and profitable, and dull

To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a...

To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a...

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....

As to honor - you know - it's a very fine mediaeval inheritance which women...

As to honor - you know - it's a very fine mediaeval inheritance which women...

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...

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...

The sea - this truth must be confessed - has no generosity. No display of...

The sea - this truth must be confessed - has no generosity. No display of...