I have never accepted what many people have kindly said-namely that I inspired the nation. Their will was resolute and remorseless, and as it proved, unconquerable. It fell to me to express it.
Winston Churchill
The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman.
Honore de Balzac
I traveled among unknown men, in lands beyond the sea; nor England! did I know till then what love I bore to thee.