A nickname may be the best record of a success. That's what I call put…

Joseph Conrad
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A nickname may be the best record of a success. That's what I call putting the face of a joke upon the body of a truth. ✨ Joseph Conrad (2016). Nostromo, p.241, Joseph Conrad
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