Occasionally he stumbled over the truth, but hastily picked himsel

Occasionally he stumbled over the truth, but hastily picked himself up and hurried on as if nothing had happened. – Winston Churchill, “ear-witness” quoting c.1936 about Stanley Baldwi

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