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Niederfallen ist keine Schande, liegenbleiben aber schon.
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Schriftsteller, Politiker, Premierminister von 1940 - 1945 und 27. 10. 1951 - 5. 4.1955, erhielt für sein sechsbändiges Werk "The Second World War" 1953 den Nobelpreis für Literatur, "My Early Life", "The World Crisis", "Savrola" (England, 1874 - 1965).
Sir Winston Spencer Churchill · Geburtsdatum · Sterbedatum
Sir Winston Spencer Churchill wäre heute 149 Jahre, 5 Monate, 4 Tage oder 54.577 Tage alt.
Geboren am 30.11.1874 in Woodstock
Gestorben am 24.01.1965 in London
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A man is about as big as the things that make him angry.
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A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
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A sheep in sheep's clothing.
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All great things are simple; many can be expressed in one word - justice, honour, freedom, mercy, hope.
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An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile - hoping it will eat him last.
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An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.
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Any man who is under 30 and is not a liberal has no heart; and any man who is over 30 and is not a conservative has no brain.
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Astor: If I were your wife, I would put poison in your coffee! / Churchill: And if I were your husband, I would drink it.
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Braddock: Mr. Churchill, you are drunk. / Churchill: And you, madam, are ugly. But I shall be sober tomorrow.
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Business carried on as usual during alterations on the map of Europe.
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Censure is often useful, praise often deceitful.
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Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all the others.
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Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
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Danger - if you meet it promptly and without flinching - you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never.
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Democracy is the worst form of government except all others.
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Democracy is the worst system devised by the wit of man, except for all the others.
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Dictators ride to and fro on tigers from which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.
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Dogs look up to you, cats look down on you. Give me a pig. He just looks you in the eye and treats you as an equal.
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Don't take no for an answer, never submit to failure. Do not be fobbed off with mere personal success or acceptance. You will make all kinds of mistakes, but as long as you are generous and true, and also fierce, you cannot hurt the world or even seriously distress her. She was made to be wooed and won by youth.
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Don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy, and the lash.