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Duke of Wellington
Age: 83 †
Born: 1769
Born: May 1
Died: 1852
Died: September 14
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Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious about any.
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Rashness is oftener the resort of cowardice than of courage.
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A great country ought not to make little wars.
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I have seen their backs before.
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