present never tidy, certain, reasonable, try make becomes past succeed — William Manchester, Last Lion 2: Winston Spencer Churchill: Alone, 1932-40

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The present is never tidy, or certain, or reasonable, and those who try to make it so once it becomes the past succeed only in making it seem implausible.

William Manchester, The Last Lion 2: Winston Spencer Churchill: Alone, 1932-40

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