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Every age is fed on illusions, lest men should renounce life early and the human race come to an end.

Joseph Conrad

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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
Men
Race
Renounce
Life
Age
Lest
History
Illusions
Ends
Cynicism
Human
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Come
Early
Every
Youth
Altruism

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