Guest guest Posted January 23, 2003 Report Posted January 23, 2003 He just meant you can't trust them to convey what you mean all the time, or even most of the time. Evil in this usage means slippery, tricky, and difficult to parse. On Thursday, January 23, 2003, at 04:55 PM, (AT) (DOT) com wrote: > Are " words " inherently evil, or is that evil transferred to them by a > speaker? " An artist is usually a damned liar, " D.H. Lawrence wrote in " Studies in Classic American Literature. " " Never trust the artist. Trust the tale. " Quote
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