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# Joseph Furphy

(1843–1912)   Novelist

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Joseph Furphy was a novelist.

## Quick Facts About Joseph Furphy

Born September 26, 1843

Died September 13, 1912

Profession Novelist

## About Joseph Furphy

Australian writer (1843-1912)... \| Joseph Furphy was an Australian author and poet. He mostly wrote under the pseudonym Tom Collins and is best known for his novel Such Is Life (1903), regarded as an Australian classic.

##  Quotes by Joseph Furphy

> [Such is life, my fellow-mummers-just like a poor player that bluffs and feints his hour upon the stage, and then cheapens down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-furphy/such-is-life-my-fellow-mummers-just-like-a-poor-player-that-bluffs/)

Joseph Furphy

[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

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> ['English fair play' is a fine expression. It justifies the bashing of the puny draper's assistant by the big hairy blacksmith, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-furphy/english-fair-play-is-a-fine-expression-it-justifies-the-bashing-of/)

Joseph Furphy

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f64/joseph-furphy-69316_assistants_english-fair-play-is-a-fine-expression-i_1424577.jpg)

> [Age cannot limit him, nor use exhaust his infinite mendacity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-furphy/age-cannot-limit-him-nor-use-exhaust-his-infinite-mendacity/)

Joseph Furphy

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> [Who can control his fate? asks the ruined Othello. No one, indeed. But everyone controls his option, chooses his alternative.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-furphy/who-can-control-his-fate-asks-the-ruined-othello-no-one-indeed-but/)

Joseph Furphy

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