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by jacquesm 4180 days ago
"When going through hell, keep going".
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I saw that, great quote. I also love its corollary, "If you are digging yourself into a hole, first stop digging."
Not sure what the word is, but I don't think its "corollary." Its the anti-corollary.
Niels Bohr: "Two sorts of truth: profound truths recognized by the fact that the opposite is also a profound truth, in contrast to trivialities where opposites are obviously absurd."
Ok, added that one to my quotations file.
yah, a corollary would end more like "dig until you get to the other side". Definitely prefer Churchill's version :)
Converse?
That's actually a country song.
Musk attributes it to Churchill though I don't think anybody has found any evidence that the prime minister ever said it. The earliest evidence anybody can find of the phrase came from the 90s.
Forbes has an article on Churchill using these words.[0]

[0] http://www.forbes.com/sites/geoffloftus/2012/05/09/if-youre-...

Maybe Geoff Loftus can provide a reference so the world can stop looking. Just because its in an article from a contributor to Forbes doesn't make it factual. It just means he thought Churchill said it when he wrote his article. Musk did the very same thing.
Practically every famous quote ever has been attributed to Churchill, so I'm skeptical.

But it really is a country song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l50L4GYhpLc