The Second World War, Volume II : Their Finest Hour (1949) Chapter 8 (September Tensions).
Post-war years (1945–1955)
“I've had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.”
Variant: I've lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.
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