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Joseph Conrad

Polish-British writer

1857–1924

33 quotes, most often on Life & Death, Truth & Lies and Money.

The mind of man is capable of anything⁠—because everything is in it, all the past as well as all the future.
Heart of Darkness (1899), Part IIIn context
- Thinking
It’s extraordinary how we go through life with eyes half shut, with dull ears, with dormant thoughts. Perhaps it’s just as well; and it may be that it is this very dullness that makes life to the incalculable majority so supportable and so welcome.
Lord Jim (1900), Chapter 13In context
- Life & Death
- Thinking
Frankly, it is not my words that I mistrust but your minds. I could be eloquent were I not afraid you fellows had starved your imaginations to feed your bodies. I do not mean to be offensive; it is respectable to have no illusions⁠—and safe⁠—and profitable⁠—and dull.
Lord Jim (1900), Chapter 21In context
- Thinking

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