من أراد أن يقنع فلا يضع ثقته في الحجة الصائبة، بل في الكلمة الصائبة. فقوّة الجرس كانت دائمًا أعظم من قوّة المعنى.

“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 — Joseph Conrad’s Sea Tales - Premium Collection: An Outcast of the Islands, The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’, A Smile of Fortune, Typhoon and more: Classics of World Literature from One of the Greatest English Novelists (Including Author’s Memoirs, Letters & Critical Essays) (2015)