Joseph Conrad
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of sound has always been greater than the power of sense.
—Joseph Conrad, A Personal Record
Posted on March 13, 2001 at 10:29 AM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot.
—Joseph Conrad, Under Western Eyes
Posted on May 25, 2001 at 11:52 PM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
Words, as is well known, are the great foes of reality.
—Joseph Conrad, Under Western Eyes
Posted on January 15, 2002 at 9:08 AM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
A word carries far—very far—deals destruction through time as the bullets go flying through space.
—Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim
Posted on January 22, 2002 at 10:19 PM
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