“You make a living by what you get; you make a life by what you give.”

— Winston S. Churchill

Extensive research of writings by and about Churchill at the Churchill Centre http://www.winstonchurchill.org fails to indicate that Churchill ever spoke or wrote those words. <br class="br">Some sites list Norman MacEwen as the originator of the quote. <br class="br">Misattributed <br class="br">Variant: We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give. <br class="br">Variant: We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.

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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1874–1965

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