| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 43106 |
| QUOTATION: | 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. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | George Orwell (1903–1950), British author. repr. in The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell, vol. 3, eds. Sonia Orwell and Ian Angus (1968). “Benefit of Clergy: Some Notes on Salvador Dali,” (1944). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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