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A train of thought is never false. The falsehood lies deep in the necessities of existence.

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
Thought
Necessities
Never
Falsehood
Life
False
Train
Lies
Deep
Existence
Lying

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