As a general rule, a reputation is built on manner as much as on achie…

Joseph Conrad
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As a general rule, a reputation is built on manner as much as on achievement. ✨ Joseph Conrad (2016). Joseph Conrad: The Complete Novels [Nostromo, Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, The Secret Agent, etc.] (Book House), p.1301, Book House
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Who knows what true loneliness is - not the conventional word but the naked terror? To the lonely themselves it wears a mask. The most miserable outcast hugs some memory or some illusion. ✨ Joseph Co … ▶
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As a general rule, a reputation is built on manner as much as on achievement. ✨ Joseph Conrad (2016). Joseph Conrad: The Complete Novels [Nostromo, Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, The Secret Agent, etc.] (Book House), p.1301, Book House

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