Short words are best and the old words when short are best of all.Winston Churchill
“In war, resolution; in defeat, defiance; in victory, magnanimity; in peace, goodwill.”
Statesman · 1874 – 1965
British prime minister during the Second World War and Nobel laureate in Literature.
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