There are the girls we love, the men we look up to, the ten… - Joseph Conrad

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There are the girls we love, the men we look up to, the tenderness, the friendships, the opportunities, the pleasures! But the fact remains that you must touch your reward with clean hands, lest it turn to dead leaves, to thorns, in your grasp.

Joseph Conrad

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Joseph Conrad (3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924) was a Polish writer, working in England, regarded as one of the greatest novelists in the English language.

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Alternative Names: Jozef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski • Józef Teodor Nałęcz Konrad Korzeniowski

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