This quote is written / told by George Grey between April 14, 1812 and September 19, 1898. He/she was a famous Leader from New Zealand.
The author also have 11 other quotes.
"What is real is not the external form, but the essence of things... it is impossible for anyone to express anything essentially real by imitating its exterior surface"
"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair"