“Every age is fed on illusions, lest men should renounce life early and the human race come to an end.”

— Joseph Conrad, Victory: An Island Tale, 1915, Part II, Ch. 3

About Joseph Conrad

1857 – 1924

Polish-British novelist, author of "Heart of Darkness".

“All intellectual and artistic ambitions are permissible, up to and even beyond the limit of prudent sanity.”

“It's only those who do nothing that make no mistakes, I suppose.”

“The sea never changes and its works, for all the talk of men, are wrapped in mystery.”

“The wise man will live as long as he ought, not as long as he can.”

“In theory there is nothing to hinder our following what we are taught; but in life there are many things to draw us aside.”

“The better part of valour is discretion; in the which better part I have saved my life.”

“So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, so long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”

“We are such stuff as dreams are made on; and our little life is rounded with a sleep.”

“Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage.”