Joseph Conrad on Courage
Browse 3 quotations attributed to Joseph Conrad, catalogued under courage, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Joseph Conrad, entry #219756: "The East Wind, an interloper in the dominions of Westerly weather, is an impassive-faced tyrant with a sharp poniard held behind his back for a treacherous stab."
Attributed to Joseph Conrad, entry #205568: "In plucking the fruit of memory one runs the risk of spoiling its bloom."
3 Quotes by Joseph Conrad on Courage
"The East Wind, an interloper in the dominions of Westerly weather, is an impassive-faced tyrant with a sharp poniard held behind his back for a treacherous stab."
"In plucking the fruit of memory one runs the risk of spoiling its bloom."
"The cabman looked at the pieces of silver, which, appearing very minute in his big, grimy palm, symbolised the insignificant results which reward the ambitious courage and toil of a mankind whose day is short on this earth of evil."