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Is the only lesson of history...

Is the only lesson of history to be that mankind is unteachable?

Winston Churchill 1582 quotes

It seems to me that the momen...

It seems to me that the moment has come when the question of bombing of German cities simply for the sake of increasing the terror, though under other pretexts, should be reviewed...I feel the need for more precise concentration upon military objectives, such as oil and communications behind the immediate battle-zone, rather than on mere acts of terror and wanton destruction, however impressive.

Winston Churchill 1582 quotes

By being so long in the lowes...

By being so long in the lowest form [at Harrow] I gained an immense advantage over the cleverer boys. . . . I got into my bones the essential structure of the ordinary British sentence - which is a noble thing. Naturally I am biased in favor of boys learning English; I would make them all learn English: and then I would let the clever ones learn Latin as an honor, and Greek as a treat.

Winston Churchill 1582 quotes

One may imagine that a man wh...

One may imagine that a man who blew the trumpet for his living would be glad to play the violin for his amusement.

Winston Churchill 1582 quotes

Say what you have to say and ...

Say what you have to say and the first time you come to a sentence with a grammatical ending - sit down.

Winston Churchill 1582 quotes

I'd rather be right than cons...

I'd rather be right than consistent.

Winston Churchill 1582 quotes

We hoped to land a wild cat t...

We hoped to land a wild cat that would tear out the bowels of the Boche. Instead we have stranded a vast whale with its tail flopping about in the water.

Winston Churchill 1582 quotes

All was there-the programme o...

All was there-the programme of German resurrection, the technique of party propaganda; the plan for combating Marxism; the concept of a National-Socialist State; the rightful position of Germany at the summit ofthe world. Here was the new Koran of faith and war: turgid, verbose, shapeless, but pregnant with its message.

Winston Churchill 1582 quotes

I hope I shall never see the ...

I hope I shall never see the day when the Force of Right is deprived of the Right of Force.

Winston Churchill 1582 quotes

The gratitude of every home i...

The gratitude of every home in our Island, in our Empire, and indeed throughout the world, except in the abodes of the guilty, goes out to the British airmen who, undaunted by odds, unwearied in their constant challenge and mortal danger, are turning the tide of the World War by their prowess and by their devotion. Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.

Winston Churchill 1582 quotes

From now on we shall bomb Ger...

From now on we shall bomb Germany on an ever-increasing scale, month by month, year by year, until the Nazi regime has either been exterminated by us or - better still - torn to pieces by the German people themselves.

Winston Churchill 1582 quotes

The unnatural and increasingl...

The unnatural and increasingly rapid growth of the feeble-minded and insane classes, coupled as it is with steady restriction among all the thrifty, energetic and superior stocks constitutes a national and race danger which is impossible to exaggerate. I feel that the source from which the stream of madness is fed should be cut off and sealed before another year has passed.

Winston Churchill 1582 quotes

What is the use of living, if...

What is the use of living, if it be not to strive for noble causes and to make this muddled world a better place for those who will live in it after we are gone? How else can we put ourselves in harmonious relation with the great verities and consolations of the infinite and the eternal? And I avow my faith that we are marching towards better days. Humanity will not be cast down. We are going on swinging bravely forward along the grand high road and already behind the distant mountains is the promise of the sun.

Winston Churchill 1582 quotes

We shape our dwellings, and a...

We shape our dwellings, and afterwards our dwellings shape us.

Winston Churchill 1582 quotes

The substitution of the inter...

The substitution of the internal combustion engine for the horse marked a very gloomy milestone in the progress of mankind.

Winston Churchill 1582 quotes

We shall escape the absurdity...

We shall escape the absurdity of growing a whole chicken in order to eat the breast or wing, by growing these parts separately under a suitable medium.

Winston Churchill 1582 quotes

I do think unpunctuality is a...

I do think unpunctuality is a vile habit, and all my life I have tried to break myself of it.

Winston Churchill 1582 quotes

The privilege of a university...

The privilege of a university education is a great one; the more widely it is extended the better for any country.

Winston Churchill 1582 quotes

Like other systems in decay, ...

Like other systems in decay, the Roman Empire continued to function for several generations after its vitality was sapped. For nearly a hundred years our Island was one of the scenes of conflict between a dying civilisation and lusty, famishing barbarism.

Winston Churchill 1582 quotes

An aphorism is not an aphoris...

An aphorism is not an aphorism unless you know what it means.

Winston Churchill 1582 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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