Any fool can carry on, but only the wise man knows how to shorten sail.
Joseph Conrad Quotes
On the contrary, the mere fact of dealing with matters outside the general run of everyday experience laid me under the obligation of a more scrupulous fidelity to the truth of my own sensations. The problem was to make unfamiliar things credible.
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Birth: | 3rd December, 1857 |
Death: | 3rd August, 1924 |
Nationality: | Polish |
Profession: | Novelist, Writer |
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