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Will Rogers

When you put down the good things you ought to have done, and leave out the bad ones you did do well, that's Memoirs.

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Will Rogers is saying that memoirs often focus on the positive actions a person should have taken, while ignoring the negative actions they actually handled successfully. This means memoirs can be biased by highlighting ideal behavior and overlooking real achievements in difficult situations.

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