You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
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It is impossible to win gracefully at chess. No man has yet said ‘Mate!’ in a voice which failed to sound to his opponent bitter, boastful and malicious.
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Birth: | 18th January, 1882 |
Death: | 31st January, 1956 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Novelist, Playwright, Poet |
Alan Alexander Milne was a British author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for various children's poems. Milne was a noted writer, primarily as a playwright, before the huge success of Pooh overshadowed all his previous work. Milne joined the British Army in World War I and served as an officer in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment and later, after a debilitating illness, the Royal Corps of Signals.
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