Famous Joseph Conrad Quotes

  • And for a moment it seemed to me as if I also were buried in a vast grave full of unspeakable secrets. – Joseph Conrad

    And for a moment it seemed to me as if I also were buried in a vast grave full of unspeakable secrets.– Joseph Conrad

  • A certain simplicity of thought is common to serene souls at both ends of the social scale. – Joseph Conrad

    A certain simplicity of thought is common to serene souls at both ends of the social scale.– Joseph Conrad

  • The conquest of the earth is not a pretty thing. – Joseph Conrad

    The conquest of the earth is not a pretty thing.– Joseph Conrad

  • I would just as soon have abused the old village church at home for not being a cathedral. – Joseph Conrad

    I would just as soon have abused the old village church at home for not being a cathedral.– Joseph Conrad

  • He was just a word for me. I did not see the man in the name any more than you do. Do you see him? Do you see the story? Do you see anything? – Joseph Conrad

    He was just a word for me. I did not see the man in the name any more than you do. Do you see him? Do you see the story? Do you see anything?– Joseph Conrad

  • All a man can betray is his conscience. – Joseph Conrad

    All a man can betray is his conscience.– Joseph Conrad

  • Never test another man by your own weakness. – Joseph Conrad

    Never test another man by your own weakness.– Joseph Conrad

  • It was written I should be loyal to the nightmare of my choice. – Joseph Conrad

    It was written I should be loyal to the nightmare of my choice.– Joseph Conrad

  • His was an impenetrable darkness. I looked at him as you peer down at a man who is lying at the bottom of a precipice where the sun never shines. – Joseph Conrad

    His was an impenetrable darkness. I looked at him as you peer down at a man who is lying at the bottom of a precipice where the sun never shines.– Joseph Conrad

  • I wondered how far I should turn out faithful to that ideal conception of one’s own personality every man sets up for himself secretly. – Joseph Conrad

    I wondered how far I should turn out faithful to that ideal conception of one’s own personality every man sets up for himself secretly.– Joseph Conrad