“To be really happy and really safe, one ought to have at least two or three hobbies, and they must all be real.”
Winston Churchill
Painting as a Pastime (Primary source)
Churchill’s slender volume on the therapeutic powers of amateur painting stands as a compelling meditation on the nature of genuine respite from the burdens of public life. Writing with characteristic vigor and psychological acuity, Churchill advances a proposition at once simple and profound: that true relaxation demands not mere cessation of activity, but rather a fundamental reorientation of mental energy.
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“Give us the tools, and we will finish the job.”
— Winston Churchill Primary source“You do your worst—and we will do our best.”
— Winston Churchill Primary source“Never give in—never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.”
— Winston Churchill Primary sourceBy noon it was clear that the Socialists would have a majority. At luncheon my wife said to me, “It may well be a blessing in disguise.” I replied, “At the moment it seems quite effectively disguised.”
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“I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.”
— Henry David Thoreau Primary source“A lie stands on one leg, truth on two.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Don’t think to hunt two hares with one dog.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source