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It is respectable to have no illusions, and safe, and profitable and dull.
Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad
Born: Dec 3, 1857
Died: Aug 3, 1924

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Respectable, Safe, Dull, Illusions, Profitable

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