Göran Persson (1949) Swedish politician, Swedish Social Democratic Party, thirty-second Prime minister of Sweden
Answering a question about his weaknesses in the Swedish newspaper Expressen (August 30, 2000).
“A gay temper is like a bright day; true, it may have its faults — a little petulance, a little wilfulness — the flush may be too ready in the cheek, and the flash too prompt in the eye; still these are only trifles to be pardoned, and we like that all the better in which we have something to forgive.”
No.20. The Abbot — CATHERINE SEYTON.
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