Written in 1979:
Daily speech, for example, tends to loose its substance of meaning when a society modernises. As a result, the art of conversation is increasingly forgotten. Instead, modern man has become a virtuoso in chatter...
On Clichés, introduction
Written in 1979:
Daily speech, for example, tends to loose its substance of meaning when a society modernises. As a result, the art of conversation is increasingly forgotten. Instead, modern man has become a virtuoso in chatter...