In confessing a reprehensible act, I would sometimes add a still more reprehensible interpretation-and whereas I might forget my own judgments upon myself, those in whom I had confided would carefully store them against me. (Kenneth Burke)

In confessing a reprehensible act, I would sometimes add a still more reprehensible interpretation-and whereas I might forget my own judgments upon myself, those in whom I had confided would carefully store them against me.

Kenneth Burke

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