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In war as in life it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed to take up the best alternative open and if so it is folly not to work for it with all your might.
In war as in life it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed to take up the best alternative open and if so it is folly not to work for it with all your might.
Approximate author period: c. 1919 AD · modern
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- Winston Churchill
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- Approximate author period: c. 1919 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1874 to 1965; Wikidata Q8016, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8016 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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