Good and great are seldom in the same ma... by Winston Churchill | We Heart Quotes

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Good and great are seldom in the same man.

- Winston Churchill

Other quotes by Winston Churchill

Life

My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them.

- Winston Churchill

Being

I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.

- Winston Churchill

War Work Life

In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might.

- Winston Churchill

Of course I'm an egoist. Where do you get if you aren't?

- Winston Churchill

Time

One does not leave a convivial party before closing time.

- Winston Churchill

Act May Years

To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.

- Winston Churchill

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