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You can measure a man's character by the choices he makes under pressure.

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Winston Churchill
Age: 90 †
Born: 1874
Born: November 30
Died: 1965
Died: January 24
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Courage is rightly considered the foremost of the virtues, for upon it all others depend.
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The arts are essen­tial to any com­plete national life. The State owes it to itself to sus­tain and encour­age them. [...] Ill fares the race which fails to salute the arts with the rev­er­ence and delight which are their due.
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In order to become a great man, one must first be a great rascal.
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