Quotes by Conrad, Joseph

What is a novel if not a conviction of our fellow-men's existence stro >>

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

The sea -- this truth must be confessed -- has no generosity. No displ >>

Quotations about Empire

If Germany is to become a colonizing power, all I say is, God speed he >>

There is no human failure greater than to launch a profoundly importan >>

We seem, as it were, to have conquered and peopled half the world in a >>

The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it.

Conrad, Joseph