What is it about Churchill that he had the PERFECT quote for every situation
1874 - 1965 He lived a long time and:
Apart from his naked patriotism, raging ambition, thirst for fame, desire for the love and approval of extremely difficult parents, utter fearlessness, and the example of heroic noble ancestors, there is his native genius.
He regarded Tennyson, Dickens, Gilbert, Clemens, Kipling, and the other great writers as colleagues, if not competitors. I'm not sure, but I think he may have been the highest paid journalist in history.
He bought this in 1922 so he was working like a mad man most of his life:
It’s no secret that Churchill’s financial situation was often unstable and in 1938 Churchill was almost forced to sell Chartwell for financial reasons. At the time the house was advertised as featuring five reception rooms, nineteen bed and dressing rooms, eight bathrooms and eighty acres of land. Wealthy friends of Churchill bought Chartwell for the National Trust in 1946 on the condition that Churchill and his family could live there until their deaths. It was presented to the public in 1966, one year after Churchill’s death. anglotopia.net
The Books of Sir Winston Churchill A complete list (arranged by date) of Churchill’s 43 book-length works in 72 volumes, published over the course of his lifetime (1874-1965) and posthumously.
winstonchurchill.org
There is no question Churchill could aphorize at a world-class level.
In 1953, in an excess of bad conscience, the Swedish Academy put him up for the literature prize.
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1953 was awarded to Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill "for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values."
nobelprize.org
|
