Here are some more quotations which were attributed to Sir Winston Churchill. I will agree with berberry. The Bulldog sure knew how to spit game!
The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.
---------------------------------------------------------------------- I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
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If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time--a tremendous whack.
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If you're going through hell, keep going.
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A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
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Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.
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Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing has happened.
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He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
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The water was not fit to drink. To make it palatable, we had to add whiskey. By diligent effort, I learned to like it.
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It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.
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History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it.
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Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.
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If you have knowledge, let others light their candles with it.
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I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
----Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965) British Statesman, Prime Minister, Author
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