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Biography - Winston Churchill:

British politician and statesman.
Born: 1874 - Died: 1965
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.



Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Un pessimiste voit la difficulté dans chaque opportunité, un optimiste voit l'opportunité dans chaque difficulté.

German
Ein Pessimist sieht eine Schwierigkeit in jeder Gelegenheit; ein Optimist sieht eine Gelegenheit in jeder Schwierigkeit.




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I dare to believe that inner joy has some secret power to win the favour of fortune.

Pessimism comes from the temperament, optimism from the will.

Our temper sets a price upon every gift that we receive from fortune.

The essence of my optimism is constructive pessimism.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.




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For myself I am an optimist — it does not seem to be much use being anything else.







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Out of clutter find simplicity ; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.





All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.





Happiness is not easily won; it is hard to find it in ourselves and impossible to find it elsewhere.





There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere.





One of the most important and most difficult arts is to unlearn vice.





To the stars through difficulty.
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Out of clutter find simplicity ; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.





One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity.





Opportunity is offered with difficulty, lost with ease.







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Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.





Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.





The price of greatness is responsibility.





Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.





For myself I am an optimist — it does not seem to be much use being anything else.





Success always demands a greater effort.












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