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| Arthur Wellesley
A host in himself.An untoward event. (Threatening to disturb the balance of power.)As Lord Chesterfield said of the generals of his day,
"I only hope that when the enemy reads the list of
their names, he trembles as I do."
Being born in a stable does not make one a horse. Educate men without religion and you make of them but clever devils.F.M. The Duke of Wellington presents his compliments to Mr. ------ and declines to interfere in circumstances over which he has no control.Habit is ten times nature.I always say that, next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained.I don't know what effect these men will have on the enemy, but by God, they frighten me.It is not the business of generals to shoot one another.It is very true that I have said that I considered Napoleon's presence in the field equal to forty thousand men in the balance. This is a very loose way of talking; but the idea is a very different one from that of his presence at a battle being equal to a reinforcement of forty thousand men.Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a
battle gained.Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won. Publish and be damned. (when being blackmailed)Sparrowhawks, Ma'am.The Lord's prayer contains the sum total of religion and morals.The whole art of war consists in getting at what is on the other side of the hill.There is no mistake; there has been no mistake; and there shall be no mistake.Trust nothing to the enthusiasm of the people. Give
them a strong and a just, and, if possible, a good,
government; but, above all, a strong one.[of the British army, 1831] Ours is composed of the scum of the earth. |
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