Quote#Wisdom
I have written with a very confused head from the affects of laudanum
Quote byCharles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey · 1764–1845
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to Sir James Mackintosh in 1813, excusing a brief letter he had sent him, quoted in Patrick O'Leary, Sir James Mackintosh. The Whig Cicero (1989), p. 184.
English (original)
I have written with a very confused head from the affects of laudanum.
— Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey
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