How little can we foresee the consequences either of wise or unwise ac…

Winston Churchill
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How little can we foresee the consequences either of wise or unwise action, of virtue or of malice. Without this measureless and perpetual uncertainty, the drama of human life would be destroyed. ✨ Winston Churchill (1986). The Gathering Storm, p.181, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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How little can we foresee the consequences either of wise or unwise action, of virtue or of malice. Without this measureless and perpetual uncertainty, the drama of human life would be destroyed. ✨ Winston Churchill (1986). The Gathering Storm, p.181, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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