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An aphorism is not an aphorism unless you know what it means.

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Winston Churchill
Age: 90 †
Born: 1874
Born: November 30
Died: 1965
Died: January 24
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Do not let spacious plans for a new world divert your energies from saving what is left of the old.
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The first duty of a university is to teach wisdom, not trade character, not technicalities.
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Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
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I'd rather spend half an hour in the company of a top carpenter, than three hours in the company of an average brain surgeon
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We would rather see London laid in ruins and ashes than that it should be tamely and abjectly enslaved.
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The future is unknowable, but the past should give us hope.
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I do not wonder that British youth is in revolt against the morbid doctrine that nothing matters but the equal sharing of miseries that what used to be called the submerged tenth can only be rescued by bringing the other nine-tenths down to their le.
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Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.
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We are really doing our very best. There are no doubt many mistakes and shortcomings. A lot of things are done none too well. Some things that ought to be done have not yet been done...[But Britain's effort has] justly commanded the wonder and admiration of every friendly nation in the world.
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It is a fine game to play - the game of politics - and it is well worth waiting for a good hand before really plunging.
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Schools have not necessarily much to do with education...they are mainly institutions of control where certain basic habits must be inculcated in the young. Education is quite different and has little place in school.
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There is more blood than paint upon these hands. All those thousands of men killed. We thought it would be a little job, and so it might have been if it had begun in the right way.
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The English never draw a line without blurring it.
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One evening at Chequers the film was Oliver Twist. Rufus, as usual, had the best seat in the house, on his master's lap. At the point when Bill Sikes was about to drown his dog to put the police off his track, Churchill covered Rufus's eyes with his hand. He said, Don't look now, dear. I'll tell you about it afterwards.
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Those who serve supreme causes must not consider what they can get but what they can give.
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You ought to let the Jews have Jerusalem it is they who made it famous.
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It is not enough that we do our best sometimes we must do what is required.
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Our dog chases people on a bike. We've had to take it off him.
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Safety and certainty in oil lie in variety, and variety alone.
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Lots of folks are forced to skimp to support a government that won't.
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