My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me

Winston S. Churchill
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This is a quote from the great playwright, A.A. Milne, who said: "My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me." The woman he loved was his wife, and he needed to be able to convince her that she loved him as much as he loved her.

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