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Error is ever the sequence of haste.
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Duke of Wellington
Age: 83 †
Born: 1769
Born: May 1
Died: 1852
Died: September 14
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If you believe that you will believe anything.
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An extraordinary affair. I gave them their orders and they wanted to stay and discuss them.
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Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained.
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Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious about any.
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