An autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful. A man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying, since any life when viewed from the inside is simply a series of defeats.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Life From Inside
One of James Fallows's readers provides an Orwell quote that dovetails nicely with Follies's downtrodden spirit (emphasis mine):
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Ouch. True... with huge "buts".
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