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There are no manifestos like cannon and musketry.
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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It is very true that I have said that I considered Napoleon's presence in the field equal to forty thousand men in the balance. This is a very loose way of talking but the idea is a very different one from that of his presence at a battle being equal to a reinforcement of forty thousand men.
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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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My rule always was to do the business of the day in the day.
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Always get over heavy ground as lightly as you can.
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It is not the business of generals to shoot one another.
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I hate the whole race. There is no believing a word they say, your professional poets, I mean there never existed a more worthless set than Byron and his friends for example.
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The whole art of war consists in getting at what is on the other side of the hill.
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Hard pounding, gentlemen. Let's see who pounds the longest.
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There is no mistake there has been no mistake and there shall be no mistake.
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Publish and be damned.
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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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I have seen their backs before.
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Next to a lost battle, nothing is so sad as a battle that has been won.
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