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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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Joseph Conrad
Age: 66 †
Born: 1857
Born: December 3
Died: 1924
Died: August 3
Author
Autobiographer
Essayist
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
Berdichev
Jozef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski
Young
Heart
Men
Woe
Love
Ethics
Life
Whose
Trust
Learned
Hope

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