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Duke of Wellington
Age: 83 †
Born: 1769
Born: May 1
Died: 1852
Died: September 14
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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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You must build your House of Parliament on the river: so... that the populace cannot exact their demands by sitting down round you.
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It is not the business of generals to shoot one another.
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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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Napoleon has humbugged me, by God he has gained twenty-four hours' march on me.
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Our army is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth.
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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 don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but by God, they frighten me.
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The only thing I am afraid of is fear.
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Hard pounding, gentlemen. Let's see who pounds the longest.
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When other Generals make mistakes their armies are beaten when I get into a hole, my men pull me out of it.
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There is nothing on earth so stupid as a gallant officer.
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The British soldiers are fellows who have all enlisted for drink. That is the plain fact - they have all enlisted for drink.
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The Lord's prayer contains the sum total of religion and morals.
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A great country cannot wage a little war.
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My heart is broken by the terrible loss I have sustained in my old friends and companions and my poor soldiers. Believe me, nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.
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Publish and be damned.
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As Lord Chesterfield said of the generals of his day, 'I only hope that when the enemy reads the list of their names, he trembles as I do.
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I never saw so many shocking bad hats in my life.
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Being born in a stable does not make one a horse.
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