Winston Churchill
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When I was younger I made it a rule never to take strong drink before lunch. It is now my rule never to do so before breakfast.

Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.

One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half.

Play the game for more than you can afford to lose... only then will you learn the game.

Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection.

I cannot pretend to be impartial about the colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones, and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns.

If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.

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

In War: Resolution. In Defeat: Defiance. In Victory: Magnanimity. In Peace: Good Will.

We are all worms. But I do believe I am a glow-worm.

If you're not a liberal when you're 25, you have no heart. If you're not a conservative by the time you're 35, you have no brain.

It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.

No hour of life is lost that is spent in the saddle.