Quotes from book
Nostromo

Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard is a 1904 novel by Joseph Conrad, set in the fictitious South American republic of "Costaguana". It was originally published serially in two volumes of T.P.'s Weekly.

Part Third: The Lighthouse, Ch. 1
Often misquoted as "A caricature is putting the face of a joke on the body of a truth."
Nostromo (1904)

“"God for men — religions for women," he muttered sometimes.”
Part First: The Silver of the Mine, Ch. 4
Nostromo (1904)

“Action is consolatory. It is the enemy of thought and the friend of flattering illusions.”
Part First: The Silver of the Mine, Ch. 6
Nostromo (1904)

“The air of the New World seems favorable to the art of declamation.”
Part First: The Silver of the Mine, Ch. 6
Nostromo (1904)