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

 

Joseph Conrad

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