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I have no small talk and Peel has no manners.
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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Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley
1st Duke of Wellington
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If you believe that you will believe anything.
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Publish and be damned.
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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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I mistrust the judgment of every man in a case in which his own wished are concerned
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The history of a battle, is not unlike the history of a ball. Some individuals may recollect all the little events of which the great result is the battle won or lost, but no individual can recollect the order in which, or the exact moment at which, they occurred, which makes all the difference as to their value or importance.
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