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Joseph Conrad Quotes

Joseph Conrad quotes about life

Polish Novelist, Writer December 3, 1857 – August 3, 1924

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Joseph Conrad quote: "Perhaps life is just that... a dream and a fear."
Perhaps life is just that... a dream and a fear. Joseph Conrad
Only in men's imagination does every truth find an effective and undeniable existence. Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life. Joseph Conrad
The world of the living contains enough marvels and mysteries..acting upon our emotions and intelligence in ways so inexplicable that it would almost justify the conception of life as an enchanted state. No, I am too firm in my consciousness of the marvellous to be ever fascinated by the mere supernatural... Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad quote: "...all this life, must be life, since it is so much like a dream."
...all this life, must be life, since it is so much like a dream. Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad quote: "Every age is fed on illusions, lest men should renounce life..."
Every age is fed on illusions, lest men should renounce life early and the human race come to an end. Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad quote: "All that mysterious life of the wilderness that stirs in the..."
All that mysterious life of the wilderness that stirs in the forest, in the jungles, in the hearts of wild men. Joseph Conrad
There are men here and there to whom the whole of life is like an after-dinner hour with a cigar; easy, pleasant, empty, perhaps enlivened by some fable of strife to be forgotten - before the end is told - even if there happens to be any end to it. Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad quote: "There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving..."
There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea. Joseph Conrad
Few men realize that their life, the very essence of their character, their capabilities and their audacities, are only the expression of their belief in the safety of their surroundings. Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad quote: "He was ruined in every way, but a man possessed of passion is..."
He was ruined in every way, but a man possessed of passion is not a bankrupt in life. Joseph Conrad
I am quite willing to be the blind instrument of higher ends. To give one's life for the cause is nothing. But to have one's illusions destroyed - that is really almost more than one can bear. Joseph Conrad

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