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

— Joseph Conrad, An Outcast of the Islands, 1896, Pt. 3, Ch. 2

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.”

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

“Facing it — always facing it — that's the way to get through.”

“Let whatever appears to be the best be to you an inviolable law.”

“Lord, what fools these mortals be!”

“All that glisters is not gold.”

“Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.”

“And one man in his time plays many parts.”

“Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.”