PITHY QUOTES FROM PAST MASTERS

Moreover, in th’ historian’s bosom look, And weigh his feelings ere you trust his book; His private friendships, private wrongs, descry, Where tend his passions, where his int’rests lie – And, while his proper faults your mind engage, Discern the ruling foibles of his age.
The Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Volume 4, An Essay on Mind