Joseph Conrad
View AuthorEvery era is nourished by illusions, otherwise, men would soon give up on life, and that would be the end of the human race.
Joseph Conrad
View AuthorI suppose only those who do nothing are free from making mistakes.
Joseph Conrad
View AuthorEvery idealization impoverishes life. To beautify it is to take away its complexity, it is to destroy it.
Joseph Conrad
View AuthorWoe to him whose heart has not learned while young to hope, love, and place trust in life!
Joseph Conrad
View AuthorThe author only writes half of the book. The reader must take care of the other half.
Benjamin Constant
View AuthorIt is tough, it is painful, not to be loved when one still loves, but it is much tougher to still be loved when one no longer loves.
Benjamin Constant
View AuthorMeditation strengthens the strong and weakens the weak.
Benjamin Constant
View AuthorWhen the age of passions has passed, what else can we desire but to escape from life with the least possible amount of pain?
Benjamin Constant
View AuthorFreedom is nothing more than what society has the right to do and the state has no right to prevent.
Benjamin Constant
View AuthorThe arbitrary is not only harmful when used for crime. Employed against crime, it is also dangerous.
Benjamin Constant
View AuthorWe are such fickle creatures that we end up experiencing the feelings we pretend.
Benjamin Constant
View AuthorWe must decide, act, and be silent.