And yet I have known the sea too long to believe in its respect for decency. An elemental force is ruthlessly frank
Joseph ConradTags: sea
the men, the women, the children; the old with the young, the decrepit with the lusty—all equal before sleep, death's brother.
Joseph ConradThe danger, when not seen, has the imperfect vagueness of human thought. The fear grows shadowy; and Imagination, the enemy of men, the father of all terrors, unstimulated, sinks to rest in the dullness of exhausted emotion.
Joseph ConradIt'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. Nevertheless, there can be but few of us who had never known one of these rare moments of awakening when we see, hear, understand ever so much—everything—in a flash—before we fall back again into our agreeable somnolence.
Joseph ConradThe world of finance is a mysterious world in which, incredible as the fact may appear, evaporation precedes liquidation. First the capital evaporates, and then the company goes into liquidation. These are very unnatural physics ...
Joseph ConradShe was engaged in the task of defending her position in life," said Heyst. "It's a very respectable task.
Joseph ConradFew men realize that their life, the very essence of their character, their capabilities and their audacities, are only the expression of their belief in the safety of their surroundings.
Joseph ConradTags: life
No eloquence could have been so withering to one's belief in mankind as his final burst of sincerity.
Joseph ConradTale è la potenza disgregatrice di un uragano: essa isola l’individuo dai suoi simili. Un terremoto, una frana, una valanga soverchiano l’uomo incidentalmente, per così dire senza passione. La furia dell’uragano invece lo attacca come un nemico personale, cerca di afferrargli le membra, gli s’abbarbica alla mente, tenta di sradicare da lui perfino l’anima.
Joseph ConradFu qualcosa di formidabile e di subitaneo, come l'improvviso rompersi di un vaso colmo d'ira.
Joseph ConradTags: rabbia violenza tifone uragano
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