Short words are best and the old words when short are best of all.Winston Churchill
“The ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year – and to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.”
Statesman · 1874 – 1965
British prime minister during the Second World War and Nobel laureate in Literature.
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