I have been brought up and trained to have the utmost contempt for people who get drunk.

I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals... view

By: Winston Churchill

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It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations... view

By: Winston Churchill

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No crime is so great as daring to excel... view

By: Winston Churchill

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Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things... view

By: Winston Churchill

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I was only the servant of my country and had I, at any moment, failed to express her unflinching resolve to fight and conquer, I should at once have been rightly cast aside... view

By: Winston Churchill

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Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent... view

By: Winston Churchill

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We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it... view

By: Winston Churchill

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If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law... view

By: Winston Churchill

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Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught... view

By: Winston Churchill

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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... view

By: Winston Churchill

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I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly... view

By: Winston Churchill

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There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at without result... view

By: Winston Churchill

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