There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea. – Joseph Conrad
All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. – Joseph Conrad

There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea. – Joseph Conrad
All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. – Joseph Conrad
Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men. – Joseph Conrad
This magnificent butterfly finds a little heap of dirt and sits still on it; but man will never on his heap of mud keep still. – Joseph Conrad