“A nickname may be the best record of a success. That's what I call putting the face of a joke upon the body of a truth.”

— Joseph Conrad , book Nostromo

Part Third: The Lighthouse, Ch. 1
Often misquoted as "A caricature is putting the face of a joke on the body of a truth."
Nostromo (1904)

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Polish-British writer 1857–1924

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