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By the age of nine, I had a thorough knowledge of contemporary Polish literature as well as of foreign literature in Polish translation, and I began to write poems in honour of a lady of thirty years. Naturally, she knew nothing about them.
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"By the age of nine, I had a thorough knowledge of contemporary Polish literature as well as of foreign literature in Polish translation, and I began to write poems in honour of a lady of thirty years. Naturally, she knew nothing about them."
— Wladyslaw Reymont

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By the age of nine, I had a thorough knowledge of contemporary Polish literature as well as of foreign literature in Polish translation, and I began to write poems in honour of a lady of thirty years. Naturally, she knew nothing about them. — Wladyslaw Reymont

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Wladyslaw Reymont was a Novelist from Russian Empire (1867–1925).

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This quote is attributed to Wladyslaw Reymont, a Novelist from Russian Empire.
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Wladyslaw Reymont lived from 1867 – 1925.