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Hold your council before dinner; the full belly hates thinking as well as acting.
Benjamin Franklin Poor Richard’s Almanack · 1732-1758

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“There is no merit in putting off a war for a year if, when it comes, it is a far worse war or one much harder to win.”

Winston Churchill · The Second World War, 1948-1953 · Primary source

“There is no merit in putting off a war for a year if, when it comes, it is a far worse war or one much harder to win.”

Winston Churchill · The Second World War, 1948-1953 · Primary source

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