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Winston Churchill: Wars are not...

Winston Churchill: Wars are not...

Wars are not won by evacuations.

Source: Referring to Dunkirk. Their Finest...

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Winston Churchill: In defeat unbeatable;...

Winston Churchill: In defeat unbeatable;...

In defeat unbeatable; in victory unbearable.

Source: Referring to Viscount...

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Winston Churchill: He is one...

Winston Churchill: He is one...

He is one of those orators of whom it was well said, 'Before they get up they do not know what they are going to say;...

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Winston Churchill: He is a...

Winston Churchill: He is a...

He is a modest little man who has a good deal to be modest about.

Source: Remark on...

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Winston Churchill: When you took...

Winston Churchill: When you took...

When you took your seat I felt as if a woman had come into my bathroom and I had only the sponge to defend...

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Winston Churchill: Some people's idea...

Winston Churchill: Some people's idea...

Some people's idea of [free speech] is that they are free to say what they like, but if anyone says anything back,...

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Winston Churchill: Well, the principle...

Winston Churchill: Well, the principle...

Well, the principle seems the same. The water still keeps falling over.

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Philip Sidney: To be ambitious...

Philip Sidney: To be ambitious...

To be ambitious of true honor, of the true glory and perfection of our natures, is the very principle and incentive of...

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Winston Churchill: We are asking...

Winston Churchill: We are asking...

We are asking the nations of Europe between whom rivers of blood have flowed to forget the feuds of a thousand...

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Abraham Lincoln: In giving freedom...

Abraham Lincoln: In giving freedom...

In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free -- honorable alike in what we give and what we...

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George Eliot: Opposition may become...

George Eliot: Opposition may become...

Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.

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George Eliot: Errors look so...

George Eliot: Errors look so...

Errors look so very ugly in persons of small means --one feels they are taking quite a liberty in going astray;...

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George Eliot: To judge wisely,...

George Eliot: To judge wisely,...

To judge wisely, we must know how things appear to the unwise.

Source: In Webster's...

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George Eliot: Play not with...

George Eliot: Play not with...

Play not with paradoxes. That caustic which you handle in order to scorch others may happen to sear your own fingers...

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George Eliot: Quarrel? Nonsense;...

George Eliot: Quarrel? Nonsense;...

Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarrelled. If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being...

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George Eliot: Solomon's Proverbs, I...

George Eliot: Solomon's Proverbs, I...

Solomon's Proverbs, I think, have omitted to say, that as the sore palate findeth grit, so an uneasy consciousness...

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George Eliot: More helpful than...

George Eliot: More helpful than...

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us.

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Mark Twain: There isn't a...

Mark Twain: There isn't a...

There isn't a single human characteristic that can be safely labeled as American.

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Mark Twain: Truth is mighty...

Mark Twain: Truth is mighty...

Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing the matter with this, except that it ain't...

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Mark Twain: To stop smoking...

Mark Twain: To stop smoking...

To stop smoking is the easiest thing I ever did. I ought to know; I've done it a thousand...

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