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Censure is often useful, praise is often deceitful.
Winston Churchill
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Winston Churchill
Age: 90 †
Born: 1874
Born: November 30
Died: 1965
Died: January 24
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It would be a great reform in politics if perception could be made to spread as easily and as rapidly as foolishness.
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If you recognize anyone it does not mean you like them.
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Give me the facts, and I will twist them the way I want, to suit my argument.
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At the beginning of this War megalomania was the only form of sanity.
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I'm bored with it all. Before slipping into a coma. He died 9 days later.
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