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Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious about any.
Duke of Wellington
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Duke of Wellington
Age: 83 †
Born: 1769
Born: May 1
Died: 1852
Died: September 14
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Napoleon has humbugged me, by God he has gained twenty-four hours' march on me.
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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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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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Rashness is oftener the resort of cowardice than of courage.
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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.
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