The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of being contradicted leads the writer to strip himself of almost all sense and meaning.

Quote by Winston Churchill

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Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of...

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of...

If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever....

If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever....

Do not let spacious plans for a new world divert your energies from saving what...

Do not let spacious plans for a new world divert your energies from saving what...

I have never developed indigestion from eating my words.

I have never developed indigestion from eating my words.

I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you...

I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you...

Never give in, never give in, never; never; never; never - in nothing, great or...

Never give in, never give in, never; never; never; never - in nothing, great or...

A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of...

A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of...

Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all.

Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all.

My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to...

My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to...

In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and...

In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and...

When you get to the end of your rope tie a knot and hang on.

When you get to the end of your rope tie a knot and hang on.

Yes, madam, I am drunk. But in the morning I will be sober and you...

Yes, madam, I am drunk. But in the morning I will be sober and you...

Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes...

Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes...

The water was not fit to drink. To make it palatable, we had to add...

The water was not fit to drink. To make it palatable, we had to add...

Mr. Churchill, if you were my husband, I'd poison your tea!' And if you were...

Mr. Churchill, if you were my husband, I'd poison your tea!' And if you were...

I like a man who grins when he fights.

I like a man who grins when he fights.

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what...

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what...

Responsibility is the price of greatness.

Responsibility is the price of greatness.

The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique

The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique

Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success

Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success

Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to...

Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to...