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Men occasionally stumble on the

Men occasionally stumble on the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.
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When I look back on

When I look back on all the worries I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which never happened.
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The maxim of the British

The maxim of the British people is 'Business as Usual.'
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It is a socialist idea

It is a socialist idea that making profits is a vice. I consider the real vice is making losses.
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We shall not flag or

We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and the oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills we shall never surrender.
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For myself I am an

For myself I am an optimist--it does not seem to be much use being anything else.
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The substance of the eminent

The substance of the eminent Socialist gentleman's speech is that making a profit is a sin, but it is my belief that the real sin is taking a loss.
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We are all worms, but

We are all worms, but I do believe that I am a glow-worm.
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When you get a thing

When you get a thing the way you want it, leave it alone.
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In my belief, you cannot

In my belief, you cannot deal with the most serious things in the world unless you also understand the most amusing.
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