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Victory was to be bought so dear as to be almost indistinguishable from defeat.
If Hitler invaded Hell, I'd find something nice to say about the Devil himself.
Haven't you learned yet that I put something more than whisky into my speeches.
Don't argue about the difficulties. The difficulties will argue for themselves.
You never can tell whether bad luck may not after all turn out to be good luck.
If one has to submit, it is wasteful not to do so with the best grace possible.
Success and happiness spring from facing failure after failure with enthusiasm.
The length of this document defends it well against the risk of its being read.
Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.
The Times is speechless, and takes three columns to express its speechlessness.
If you want a good argument against democracy, spend five minutes with a voter.
It is better to do something than to do nothing while waiting to do everything.
[The politician] is asked to stand, he wants to sit, and he is expected to lie.
When I find a ladybug I ask the butler to take it outside instead of killing it.
In those days he was wiser than he is now; he used to frequently take my advice.
To be conservative at 20 is heartless and to be a liberal at 60 is plain idiocy.
To secure your historical standing, be sure you are the first to write about it.
Wealth, taste and leisure can bring many things but they do not bring happiness.
Diversity is the one true thing we all have in common... Celebrate it every day.
And a pamphlet called Pick me up There is no genuine hatred against Herr Hitler.
Although always prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it should be postponed.
If I was your wife Sir, I'd poison you! Madam, if you were my wife, I'd let you!
I have lived seventy-eight years without hearing of bloody places like Cambodia.
It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see.
It always looks so easy to solve problems by taking the line of least resistance.
Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.
I have always had a curious nature; I enjoy learning, but I dislike being taught.
Time and the Ocean and some guiding star and High Cabal have made us what we are.
The latest refinements of science are linked with the cruelties of the Stone Age.
The opposition occupies the benches in front of you, but the enemy sits behind you
Success comes from continuing to strive, fail and learn without losing enthusiasm.
Out of the depths of sorrow and sacrifice will be born again the glory of mankind.
No more let us alter or falter or palter. From Malta to Yalta, and Yalta to Malta.
The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril.
There is nothing like oratory, it is a skill that can turn a commoner into a king.
Hence we will not say that Greeks fight like heroes, but heroes fight like Greeks.
After a time, civil servants tend to become no longer servants and no longer civil.
If you want to discover new oceans, you must first have the courage to leave shore.
You must put your head into the lion's mouth if the performance is to be a success.
Those good at war aren't good at peace, and those good at peace aren't good at war.
The pictorial battlefield becomes a sea of mud mercifully veiled by the fog of war.
Don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy, and the lash.
Of all the talents bestowed upon men, none is so precious as the gift of oratory !!
There is not much collective security in a flock of sheep on the way to the butcher.
There are plenty of good ideas, if only they can be backed with the power of action.
The chief aim of wisdom is to enable one to bear with the stupidity of the ignorant.
I am a man of simple tastes-I am quite easily satisfied with the best of everything.
Put together a seaman, soldier and airman and what do you get? The sum of all fears.
Democracy is a very bad form of government ... but all the others are so much worse.
When you have got a thing where you want, it is a good thing to leave it where it is.