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Aft the more honour, forward the better man
— Horatio Nelson
Recollect that you must be a seaman to be an officer and also that you cannot be a good officer without being a gentleman.
— Horatio Nelson
Frigates are the eyes of a fleet.
— Horatio Nelson
I cannot command winds and weather.
— Horatio Nelson
Kiss me, Hardy!' Weren't those Nelson's last words at the Battle of Trafalgar? Don't cry. We're still alive and we make a sensational team.
— Elizabeth Wein
If a man consults whether he is to fight, when he has the power in his own hands, it is certain that his opinion is against fighting.
— Horatio Nelson
A fleet of British ships at war are the best negotiators.
— Horatio Nelson
Laurels grow in the Bay of Biscay, I hope a bed of them may be found in the Mediterranean.
— Horatio Nelson
I believe my arrival was most welcome, not only to theCommander of the Fleet but almost to every individual in it. — Horatio Nelson
You must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your King, and you must treat every Frenchman as if he were the Devil himself.
— Horatio Nelson
Never break the neutrality of a port or place, but never consider as neutral any place from whence an attack is allowed to be made.
— Horatio Nelson
Gentlemen, when the enemy is committed to a mistake we must not interrupt him too soon.
— Horatio Nelson
Had we taken ten sails, and let the eleventh to escape, being able to get at her, I could never have called it well done.
— Horatio Nelson
In honour I gained them, and in honour I will die with them.
— Horatio Nelson
Thank God I have done my duty.
— Horatio Nelson
In Sea affairs, nothing is impossible, and nothing is improbable.
— Horatio Nelson
I am a Norfolk man and Glory in being so.
— Horatio Nelson
Close with a Frenchman, but out-maneuver a Russian.
— Horatio Nelson
I cannot, if I am in the field of glory, be kept out of sight: wherever there is anything to be done, there Providence is sure to direct my steps.
— Horatio Nelson
England expects every man to do his duty
— Horatio Nelson
England expects that every man will do his duty.
— Horatio Nelson
Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be.
— Horatio Nelson
I am of the opinion that the boldest measures are the safest.
— Horatio Nelson
A ship's a fool to fight a fort.
— Horatio Nelson
I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor.
— Horatio Nelson
I have only one eye, I have a right to be blind sometimes ... I really do not see the signal!
— Horatio Nelson
What the country needs is the annihilation of the enemy.
— Horatio Nelson
Whoever gains the palm by merit, let him hold it.
— Horatio Nelson
First gain the victory and then make the best use of it you can.
— Horatio Nelson
I am ill every time it blows hard, and nothing but my enthusiastic love for the profession keeps me one hour at sea.
— Horatio Nelson
It is my turn now; and if I come back, it is yours.
— Horatio Nelson
I do not believe you can do today's job with yesterday's methods and be in business tomorrow
— Horatio Nelson Jackson
Treat every Frenchman as if he was the devil himself.
— Horatio Nelson
Our country will, I believe, sooner forgive an officer for attacking an enemy than for letting it alone.
— Horatio Nelson
Something must be left to chance; nothing is certain in a sea fight
— Horatio Nelson
The bravest man feels an anxiety 'circa praecordia' as he enters the battle; but he dreads disgrace yet more.
— Horatio Nelson
My character and good name are in my own keeping. Life with disgrace is dreadful. A glorious death is to be envied.
— Horatio Nelson
I have a right to be blind sometimes.
— Horatio Nelson
There can be no place for self entirely
— Horatio Nelson