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Quote by Joseph Conrad
The East Wind, an interloper in the dominions of Westerly Weather,

The East Wind, an interloper in the dominions of Westerly Weather, is an impassive-faced tyrant with a sharp poniard held behind his back for a treacherous stab. – Joseph Conrad

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This magnificent butterfly finds a little heap of dirt and sits still on it; but man will never on his heap of mud keep still. – Joseph Conrad

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The true peace of God begins at any spot a thousand miles from the nearest land. – Joseph Conrad

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