It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. The quotations, when engraved upon the memory, give you good thoughts. They also make you anxious to read the authors and look for more.

Quote by Winston Churchill

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The only guide to man is his conscience; the only shield to his memory is...

The only guide to man is his conscience; the only shield to his memory is...

These are not dark days: these are great days - the greatest days our country...

These are not dark days: these are great days - the greatest days our country...

Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.

Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.

The British nation is unique in this respect. They are the only people who like...

The British nation is unique in this respect. They are the only people who like...

They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish...

They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish...

The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see.

The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see.

There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction

There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction

However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.

However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.

A communist is like a crocodile: when it opens its mouth you cannot tell whether...

A communist is like a crocodile: when it opens its mouth you cannot tell whether...

Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers...

Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers...

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.

The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no...

The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no...

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of...

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of...

If you're going through hell, keep going.

If you're going through hell, keep going.

From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended...

From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended...

Courage is rightly considered the foremost of the virtues, for upon it, all others depend.

Courage is rightly considered the foremost of the virtues, for upon it, all others depend.

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get...

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get...

Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.

Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.

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

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

If we open a quarrel between past and present, we shall find that we have...

If we open a quarrel between past and present, we shall find that we have...