Historical Anecdotes

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Winston Churchill

Lady Astor said to Churchill: "if I were your wife I'd put poison in your coffee"
Churchill replied: "Madam, if I were your husband, I'd drink it"

Bessie Braddock to Churchill: "Winston, you're drunk!"
Churchill: "Bessie, you're ugly, and tomorrow morning I shall be sober"

Nikita Kovalyov
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