Winston Churchill
England
30 Nov 1874 // 24 Jan 1965
Politician / Statesman / Orator
30 Nov 1874 // 24 Jan 1965
Politician / Statesman / Orator
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When the war of the giants is over the wars of the pygmies will begin
When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened
We shape our dwellings, and afterwards our dwellings shape us
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give
We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out
War is mainly a catalogue of blunders
True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information
Too often the strong and silent man, is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent
To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often
Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
Essays
Essays