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Inenseignable du berceau au tombeau — voilà la première et principale caractéristique de l’humanité.

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Churchill, 21 May 1928 (cited in Langworth, Churchill: In His Own Words)

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“Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.”

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