Quotes by Conrad, Joseph

A man's most open actions have a secret side to them. >>

I would not unduly praise the virtue of restraint. It is often merely >>

There are men here and there to whom the whole of life is like an afte >>

Quotations about Honor

A fisherman may measure his catch by the size, but when is a man big e >>

The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons. >>

Honor is simply the morality of superior men. >>

As to honor -- you know -- it's a very fine mediaeval inheritance which women never got hold of. It wasn't theirs.

Conrad, Joseph