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#1

“Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.”
― Lewis Carroll, Jabberwocky and Other Poems

tags: alice, carroll, jabberwock, jabberwocky, lewis, wonderland

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#2

“I am not young enough to know everything.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: age

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#3

“Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: power, sex

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#4

“Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.”
― Oscar Wilde (attributed to)

tags: classic-insult

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#5

“Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: education-knowledge

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#6

“A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: cynicism

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#7

“It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.”
― Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan

tags: bad, charming, good, tedious

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#8

“Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.”
― Winston S. Churchill

tags: truth

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#9

“Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”
― Winston S. Churchill

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#10

“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.”
― Winston S. Churchill

tags: animals, cats, dogs, equality, pigs, respect

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#11

“The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.”
― Winston S. Churchill

tags: democracy, elite, elitism, elitist, meritocracy, peasant, voter, voting

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#12

“Personally, I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.”
― Winston S. Churchill

tags: humor

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#13

“The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.”
― Winston S. Churchill

tags: fools, humility

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#14

“He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire."

[On British Labour politician Stafford Cripps.]”
― Winston S. Churchill, Wealth, War and Wisdom

tags: admiration, classic-insult, vice, virtue

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#15

“Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.”
― Winston S. Churchill

tags: perseverance

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#16

“I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend ... if you have one."
— George Bernard Shaw, playwright (to Winston Churchill)

"Cannot possibly attend first night; will attend second, if there is one."
— Churchill's response”
― George Bernard Shaw

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#17

“We are all worms, But I do believe that I am a glow worm.”
― Winston S. Churchill, Never Give In! The Best of Winston Churchill's Speeches

tags: inspirational

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#18

“Everyone is in favor of free speech. Hardly a day passes without its being extolled, but some people's idea of it is that they are free to say what they like, but if anyone else says anything back, that is an outrage.”
― Winston Churchill

tags: free-speech

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#19

“When you get a thing the way you want it, leave it alone.”
― Winston Churchill

tags: humor

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