| Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988. |
| NUMBER: | 4784 |
| AUTHOR: | Dean Acheson |
| QUOTATION: | The great corrupter of public man is the ego…. Looking at the mirror distracts one’s attention from the problem. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | To Society of Amer Historians, quoted in Wall Street Journal 22 Apr 66 |
| SUBJECTS: | Humankind: Wisdom, Philosophy & Other Musings |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. Copyright © 1988 by James B. Simpson. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | ||||
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