Quotes by Winston Churchill

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By swallowing evil words unsaid, no one has ever harmed his stomach.
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 chakras  kindness  speaking  

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There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are true.
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 gossip  lies  

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No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle.
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 horses  

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We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.
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 adversity  

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I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.
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 optimism  

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Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.
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 adversity  criticism  

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A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him.
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 humorous  war  

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This is the sort of bloody nonsense up with which I will not put.
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 grammar  

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He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
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 people  virtue  

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I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.
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 alcohol  

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If you're going through hell, keep going.
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 adversity  grief  hell  

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I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
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 animal  dogs  cats  pigs  

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A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.
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 people  fanatics  

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Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
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 courage  listening  

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Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
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 attitude  

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A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
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 difficulty  

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Americans always try to do the right thing after they've tried everything else.
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 america  

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You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
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 conformity  

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I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.
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 taxes  prosperity  

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