"How often in life must one be..." - Quote by Winston Churchill
How often in life must one be content with what one can get!
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“Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those others that have been”
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“Everything we do is futile, but we must do it anyway.”
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More on Acceptance
“The truth is, of course, that what one regards as interruptions are precisely one's life.”
“One is given strength to bear what happens to one, but not the 100 and 1 different things that might happen.”
“Everyone’s childhood plays itself out. No wonder no one knows the other or can completely understand. By this I don’t know if I’m just giving up with this conclusion or resigning myself — or maybe for the first time connecting with reality. How do we know the pain or another’s earlier years, let alone all that he drags with him since along the way at best a lot of leeway is needed for the other — yet how much is unhealthy for one to bear. I think to love bravely is the best and accept — as much as one can bear.”