Joseph Conrad Quotes on Human nature
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It is to be remarked that a good many people are born curiously unfitted for the fate awaiting them on this earth.
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I take it that what all men are really after is some form or perhaps only some formula of peace.
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A man's most open actions have a secret side to them.
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Let a fool be made serviceable according to his folly.
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The scrupulous and the just, the noble, humane, and devoted natures; the unselfish and the intelligent may begin a movement - but it passes away from them. They are not the leaders of a revolution. They are its victims.
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The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.
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Gossip is what no one claims to like, but everybody enjoys.