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Duke Of Wellington quotes: There are no manifestos like cannon and musketry.

There are no manifestos like cannon and musketry.

Duke Of Wellington quotes: I have seen their backs before.

I have seen their backs before.

Duke Of Wellington quotes: I have no small talk and Peel has no manners.

I have no small talk and Peel has no manners.

Duke Of Wellington quotes: A great country cannot wage a little war.

A great country cannot wage a little war.

Duke Of Wellington quotes: An extraordinary affair. I gave them their orders and they wanted to stay and discuss them.

An extraordinary affair. I gave them their orders and they wanted to stay and discuss them.

Duke Of Wellington quotes: I see no reason to suppose these machines will ever force themselves into general use.

I see no reason to suppose these machines will ever force themselves into general use.

Duke Of Wellington quotes: The scum of the earth ... but what fine soldiers we have made them.

The scum of the earth ... but what fine soldiers we have made them.

Duke Of Wellington quotes: During the Peninsula War, I heard a Portuguese general address his troops before a battle with the words, Remember men, you are Portuguese!

During the Peninsula War, I heard a Portuguese general address his troops before a battle with the words, Remember men, you are Portuguese!

Duke Of Wellington quotes: A great country can have no such thing as a little war.

A great country can have no such thing as a little war.

Duke Of Wellington quotes: We always have been, we are, and I hope that we always shall be detested in France.

We always have been, we are, and I hope that we always shall be detested in France.

Duke Of Wellington quotes: Rashness is oftener the resort of cowardice than of courage.

Rashness is oftener the resort of cowardice than of courage.

Duke Of Wellington quotes: The British soldiers are fellows who have all enlisted for drink. That is the plain fact - they have all enlisted for drink.

The British soldiers are fellows who have all enlisted for drink. That is the plain fact - they have all enlisted for drink.

Duke Of Wellington quotes: Hard pounding, gentlemen. Let's see who pounds the longest.

Hard pounding, gentlemen. Let's see who pounds the longest.

Duke Of Wellington quotes: God deliver me from my friends! I'll take care of my enemies myself.

God deliver me from my friends! I'll take care of my enemies myself.

Duke Of Wellington quotes: I have got an infamous army, very weak and ill-equipped, and a very inexperienced staff.

I have got an infamous army, very weak and ill-equipped, and a very inexperienced staff.

Duke Of Wellington quotes: Our army is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth.

Our army is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth.

Duke Of Wellington quotes: If you believe that you will believe anything.

If you believe that you will believe anything.

Duke Of Wellington quotes: The only thing that they can be relied on to do is to gallop too far and too fast.

The only thing that they can be relied on to do is to gallop too far and too fast.

Duke Of Wellington quotes: Believe me that every man you see in a military uniform is not a hero.

Believe me that every man you see in a military uniform is not a hero.

Duke Of Wellington quotes: My rule always was to do the business of the day in the day.

My rule always was to do the business of the day in the day.

Duke Of Wellington quotes: What masks are these uniforms to hide cowards!

What masks are these uniforms to hide cowards!

Duke Of Wellington quotes: Troops would never be deficient in courage, if they could only know how deficient in it their enemies were.

Troops would never be deficient in courage, if they could only know how deficient in it their enemies were.

Duke Of Wellington quotes: When other Generals make mistakes their armies are beaten; when I get into a hole, my men pull me out of it.

When other Generals make mistakes their armies are beaten; when I get into a hole, my men pull me out of it.

Duke Of Wellington quotes: Error is ever the sequence of haste.

Error is ever the sequence of haste.

Duke Of Wellington quotes: There is no mistake; there has been no mistake; and there shall be no mistake.

There is no mistake; there has been no mistake; and there shall be no mistake.

Duke Of Wellington quotes: The hardest thing of all for a soldier is to retreat.

The hardest thing of all for a soldier is to retreat.

Duke Of Wellington quotes: You must build your House of Parliament on the river: so ... that the populace cannot exact their demands by sitting down round you.

You must build your House of Parliament on the river: so ... that the populace cannot exact their demands by sitting down round you.

Duke Of Wellington quotes: To define it rudely but not ineptly, engineering is the art of doing for 10 shillings what any fool can do for a pound

To define it rudely but not ineptly, engineering is the art of doing for 10 shillings what any fool can do for a pound

Duke Of Wellington quotes: Always get over heavy ground as lightly as you can.

Always get over heavy ground as lightly as you can.

Duke Of Wellington quotes: I acknowledge that I should not like to see again such loss as I sustained on the 23rd September, even if attended by such a gain.

I acknowledge that I should not like to see again such loss as I sustained on
the 23rd September, even if attended by such a gain.

Duke Of Wellington quotes: A great country ought not to make little wars.

A great country ought not to make little wars.

Duke Of Wellington quotes: Always make water when you can.

Always make water when you can.

Duke Of Wellington quotes: 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.'

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 quotes: I never saw so many shocking bad hats in my life.

I never saw so many shocking bad hats in my life.

Duke Of Wellington quotes: I used to say of Napoleon that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men.

I used to say of Napoleon that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men.

Duke Of Wellington quotes: There is nothing so dreadful as a great victoryexcept a great defeat.

There is nothing so dreadful as a great victory
except a great defeat.

Duke Of Wellington quotes: There is nothing on earth so stupid as a gallant officer.

There is nothing on earth so stupid as a gallant officer.

Duke Of Wellington quotes: Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained.

Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained.

Duke Of Wellington quotes: Wise people learn when they can; fools learn when they must.

Wise people learn when they can; fools learn when they must.

Duke Of Wellington quotes: When one begins to turn in bed, it is time to get up.

When one begins to turn in bed, it is time to get up.

Duke Of Wellington quotes: Napoleon has humbugged me, by God; he has gained twenty-four hours' march on me.

Napoleon has humbugged me, by God; he has gained twenty-four hours' march on me.

Duke Of Wellington quotes: If you had seen one day of war, you would pray to God that you would never see another.

If you had seen one day of war, you would pray to God that you would never see another.

Duke Of Wellington quotes: Yes, about ten minutes.

Yes, about ten minutes.

Duke Of Wellington quotes: I attribute my success on the battlefield to always being on the spot to see and do everything for myself

I attribute my success on the battlefield to always being on the spot to see and do everything for myself