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As a general rule, a reputation is built on manner as much as on achievement.
Joseph Conrad
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Joseph Conrad
Age: 66 †
Born: 1857
Born: December 3
Died: 1924
Died: August 3
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Jozef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski
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Madness alone is truly terrifying, inasmuch as you cannot placate it by threats, persuasion, or bribes.
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He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of sound has always been greater than the power of sense.
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