Quote#Self
The first thing to be done by a biographer in estimating character is…
Quote bySilas Weir Mitchell · 1829–1914
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Quoted by Harvey W. Cushing in The Life of Sir William Osler, Vol. 1, Ch. 21 (1925)..
English (original)
The first thing to be done by a biographer in estimating character is to examine the stubs of his victim's cheque-books.
— Silas Weir Mitchell
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