Joseph Conrad Quotes
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Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love - and to put its trust in life.
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Each blade of grass has its spot on earth whence it draws its life, its strength; and so is man rooted to the land from which he draws his faith together with his life.
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Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.
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Having had to encounter single-handed during his period of eclipse many physical dangers, he was well aware of the most dangerous element common to them all: of the crushing, paralysing sense of human littleness, which is what really defeats a human strug...
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But the truth was that he died from solitude, the enemy known but to few on this Earth, and whom only the simplest of us are fit to withstand. The brilliant Costaguanaro of the boulevards had died from solitude and want of faith in himself and others.
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| Name | Joseph Conrad |
| Birthplace | Berdichev, Ukraine |
| Died | August 3, 1924 (Aged ) |
| Location of Death | Canterbury, Kent, England |
| Cause of Death | Heart Failure |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation | Author |
| Category | English Author |
