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 FallodonThe ideal Government minister may well be someone who has no itch to run other people's lives.
Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of FallodonTwo 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 FallodonThe lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime.
Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of FallodonI am getting to an age when I can only enjoy the last sport left. It is called hunting for your spectacles.
Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon