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As a member of the Protestant British squirearchy ruling Ireland, he was touchy about his Irish origins. When in later life an enthusiastic Gael commended him as a famous Irishman, he replied A man can be born in a stable, and yet not be an animal.

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Duke of Wellington
Age: 83 †
Born: 1769
Born: May 1
Died: 1852
Died: September 14
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There is no mistake there has been no mistake and there shall be no mistake.
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Troops would never be deficient in courage, if they could only know how deficient in it their enemies were.
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A great country cannot wage a little war.
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There are no manifestos like cannon and musketry.
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I attribute my success on the battlefield to always being on the spot to see and do everything for myself
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I have no small talk and Peel has no manners.
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Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious about any.
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The history of a battle, is not unlike the history of a ball. Some individuals may recollect all the little events of which the great result is the battle won or lost, but no individual can recollect the order in which, or the exact moment at which, they occurred, which makes all the difference as to their value or importance.
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Error is ever the sequence of haste.
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It is very true that I have said that I considered Napoleon's presence in the field equal to forty thousand men in the balance. This is a very loose way of talking but the idea is a very different one from that of his presence at a battle being equal to a reinforcement of forty thousand men.
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During the Peninsula War, I heard a Portuguese general address his troops before a battle with the words, Remember men, you are Portuguese!
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If you had seen one day of war, you would pray to God that you would never see another.
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The only thing that they can be relied on to do is to gallop too far and too fast.
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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.
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Hard pounding, gentlemen. Let's see who pounds the longest.
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The only thing I am afraid of is fear.
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The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton.
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Napoleon has humbugged me, by God he has gained twenty-four hours' march on me.
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It is not the business of generals to shoot one another.
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I mistrust the judgment of every man in a case in which his own wished are concerned
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