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Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, Polish: [ˈjuzɛf tɛˈɔdɔr ˈkɔnrat kɔʐɛˈɲɔfskʲi] ; 3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924) was a Polish-British novelist and story writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language and – though he did not speak English fluently until his twenties (always with a strong foreign accent) – he became a master prose stylist who brought a non-English sensibility into English literature.
What all men are really after is some form, or perhaps only some formula, of peace.
Being a woman is a terribly difficult task since it consists principally in dealing with men.
All ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind.
The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness.
Exactitude in some small matters is the very soul of discipline.
I take it that what all men are really after is some form or perhaps only some formula of peace.
Facing it, always facing it, that's the way to get through. Face it.
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