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Duke of Wellington
Age: 83 †
Born: 1769
Born: May 1
Died: 1852
Died: September 14
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Dublin city
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley
1st Duke of Wellington
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A great country cannot wage a little war.
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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 never saw so many shocking bad hats in my life.
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A great country ought not to make little wars.
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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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Napoleon has humbugged me, by God he has gained twenty-four hours' march on me.
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The Lord's prayer contains the sum total of religion and morals.
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There is no mistake there has been no mistake and there shall be no mistake.
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My rule always was to do the business of the day in the day.
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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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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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Hard pounding, gentlemen. Let's see who pounds the longest.
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Publish and be damned.
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I have seen their backs before.
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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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I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but by God, they frighten me.
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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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All the business of war, and indeed all the business of life, is to endeavour to find out what you don't know by what you do that's what I called 'guess what was at the other side of the hill'.
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