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Duke of Wellington
Profession : Public Servant
Birth : May 1, 1769
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Habit is ten times nature.
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Educate men without religion and you make of them but clever devils.
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The Lord's prayer contains the sum total of religion and morals.
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I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but, by God, they frighten me.
Duke of Wellington
Next to a lost battle, nothing is so sad as a battle that has been won.
Duke of Wellington
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.'
Duke of Wellington
Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.
Duke of Wellington
Being born in a stable does not make one a horse.
Duke of Wellington
Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious.
Duke of Wellington
All the business of war, and indeed all the business of life, is to endeavour to find out what you don't know by what you do; that's what I called 'guess what was at the other side of the hill'.
Duke of Wellington
Our army is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth.
Duke of Wellington
The whole art of war consists of guessing at what is on the other side of the hill.
Duke of Wellington
The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton.
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An extraordinary affair. I gave them their orders and they wanted to stay and discuss them.
Duke of Wellington
It is not the business of generals to shoot one another.
Duke of Wellington
The only thing I am afraid of is fear.
Duke of Wellington
Publish and be dammed.
Duke of Wellington
I used to say of Napoleon that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men.
Duke of Wellington
When one turns over in bed, it is time to turn out.
Duke of Wellington
I hate the whole race. There is no believing a word they say, your professional poets, I mean there never existed a more worthless set than Byron and his friends for example.
Duke of Wellington
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