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Joseph Conrad Quotes

To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot.
Joseph Conrad

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Type:
Novelist Quotes
Category:
Polish Novelist Quotes
Date of Birth:
December 3, 1857
Date of Death:
August 3, 1924
Nationality:
Polish
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