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Winston Churchill
I am always...
I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.
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Men occasionally stumble...
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had...
We must beware...
We must beware of needless innovation, especially when guided by logic.
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Out of intense...
Out of intense complexities intense simplicities emerge.
Source: In The Speaker's...
Although prepared for...
Although prepared for martyrdom, I prefer that it be postponed.
Source: In 1,911...
I remember, when...
I remember, when I was a child, being taken to the celebrated Barnum's circus, which contained an exhibition of freaks...
A hopeful disposition...
A hopeful disposition is not the sole qualification to be a prophet.
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A pessimist sees...
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every...
Short words are...
Short words are best and the old words when short are best of all.
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Eating words has...
Eating words has never given me indigestion.
Source: In Webster's Electronic...
It is a...
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.
Source: Of...
True genius resides...
True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting...
Solitary trees, if...
Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.
Source: In Webster's Electronic...
This report, by...
This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read.
It is a...
It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a...
The farther back...
The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.
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A fanatic is...
A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.
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They are decided...
They are decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for fluidity, all-powerful...
All men make...
All men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes.
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History will be...
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.
Source: In 1,911 Best Things...