Casi nada, sea material o establecido, de lo que me habían educado para considerar vital y permanente, ha permanecido. Todo aquello que creía imposible con total seguridad, o que me habían enseñado a creer imposible con total seguridad, ha sucedido.

Winston Churchill,1930

Scarcely anything, material or established, which I was brought up to believe was permanent and vital, has lasted. Everything I was sure, or was taught to be sure, was impossible, has happened.