It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. Bartlett's Familiar Quotations is an admirable work, and I studied it intently. The quotations when engraved upon the memory give you good thoughts. They also make you anxious to read the authors and look for more. -Sir Winston Churchill

 

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. Bartlett's Familiar Quotations is an admirable work, and I studied it intently. The quotations when engraved upon the memory give you good thoughts. They also make you anxious to read the authors and look for more.


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This quote is just one of 82 total Sir Winston Churchill quotes in our collection. Sir Winston Churchill is known for saying 'It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. Bartlett's Familiar Quotations is an admirable work, and I studied it intently. The quotations when engraved upon the memory give you good thoughts. They also make you anxious to read the authors and look for more.' as well as some of the following quotes.

Success is never final.

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It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required.

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History will be kind to me for I intend to write it. -Sir Winston Churchill
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For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else.

Sir Winston Churchill
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It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time.

Sir Winston Churchill
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Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm. -Sir Winston Churchill
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We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.

Sir Winston Churchill
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