"Quotations when engraved upon the memory give..." - Quote by Winston Churchill
Quotations when engraved upon the memory give you good thoughts.
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“Watch your habits, they determine your character.”
“How many have gone? How many more to go? The Admiralty is fast asleep and lethargy & inertia are the order of the day. However everybody seems delighted - so there is nothing to be said. No plans, no enterprise, no struggle to aid the general cause. Just sit still on the spacious throne and snooze.”
“I always avoid prophesying beforehand, because it is a much better policy to prophesy after the event has already taken place.”
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“They climb the mountain like beasts, stupid and sweating; it seems that no one bothered to tell them that there are beautiful vistas along the way.”
“Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.”
“To know is not to be wise. To know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.”
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“Freedom [is] the first-born daughter of science”
“I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there.”
“Knowledge is being applied to knowledge itself. It is now fast becoming the one factor in production, sidelining both capital and labour.”