“Nevertheless, in this sea of human wretchedness and malice there bloomed at times compassion, as a pale flower blooms in a putrid marsh.”
Source: In Desert and Wilderness
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Polish journalist, Nobel Prize-winning novelist, and philan… 1846–1916Related quotes
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