Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon Quotes
Two temptations that impair the value of their work inevitably beset public men who write memoirs. One is a tendency to reconstruct the past to suit the present views and feelings of the writer; the other is a natual desire to set his own part in affairs in a pleasing light.
Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon
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Two temptations that impair the value of their work inevitably beset public men who write memoirs. One is a tendency to reconstruct the past to suit the present views and feelings of the writer; the other is a natual desire to set his own part in affairs in a pleasing light.
Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon
