16 Quotes by Arthur Wellesley
- 1.
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 - 2.
Next to a lost battle, nothing is so sad as a battle that has been won.
Arthur Wellesley - 3.
The Lord’s prayer contains the sum total of religion and morals.
Arthur Wellesley - 4.
Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.
Arthur Wellesley - 5.
The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton.
Arthur Wellesley - 6.
Publish and be damned.
Arthur Wellesley - 7.
When my journal appears, many statues must come down.
Arthur Wellesley - 8.
Being born in a stable does not make one a horse.
Arthur Wellesley - 9.
It is not the business of generals to shoot one another.
Arthur Wellesley - 10.
When one turns over in bed, it is time to turn out.
Arthur Wellesley - 11.
Educate men without religion and you make of them but clever devils.
Arthur Wellesley - 12.
The whole art of war consists of guessing at what is on the other side of the hill.
Arthur Wellesley - 13.
Habit is ten times nature.
Arthur Wellesley - 14.
Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious.
Arthur Wellesley - 15.
The only thing I am afraid of is fear.
Arthur Wellesley - 16.
I don’t know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but, by God, they frighten me.
Arthur Wellesley