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Arthur Wellesley
English
Soldier
About the author
Next to a lost battle, nothing is so sad as a battle that has been won.
Arthur Wellesley,
English
Soldier
#Nothing
#Battle
When my journal appears, many statues must come down.
Arthur Wellesley,
English
Soldier
The whole art of war consists of guessing at what is on the other side of the hill.
Arthur Wellesley,
English
Soldier
#Art
#War
The only thing I am afraid of is fear.
Arthur Wellesley,
English
Soldier
#Fear
The Lord's prayer contains the sum total of religion and morals.
Arthur Wellesley,
English
Soldier
#Religion
#Morals
#Prayer
The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton.
Arthur Wellesley,
English
Soldier
#Battle
Publish and be damned.
Arthur Wellesley,
English
Soldier
Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.
Arthur Wellesley,
English
Soldier
#Nothing
#Battle
#Melancholy
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.
Arthur Wellesley,
English
Soldier
#Friends
#Word
#Race
#Poets
#Hate
#Example
I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but, by God, they frighten me.
Arthur Wellesley,
English
Soldier
#God
#Will
#Enemy
#Men
#Effect
Habit is ten times nature.
Arthur Wellesley,
English
Soldier
#Habit
#Nature
Educate men without religion and you make of them but clever devils.
Arthur Wellesley,
English
Soldier
#Men
#Religion
When one turns over in bed, it is time to turn out.
Arthur Wellesley,
English
Soldier
#Time
#Bed
Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious.
Arthur Wellesley,
English
Soldier
It is not the business of generals to shoot one another.
Arthur Wellesley,
English
Soldier
#Business
Being born in a stable does not make one a horse.
Arthur Wellesley,
English
Soldier
#Being