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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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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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I see no reason to suppose these machines will ever force themselves into general use.
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Today when a man gets married he gets a home, a housekeeper, a cook, a cheering squad and another paycheck. When a woman marries, she gets a boarder. To define it rudely but not ineptly, engineering is the art of doing that well with one dollar, which any bungler can do with two after a fashion.
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If you had seen one day of war, you would pray to God that you would never see another.
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When my journal appears, many statues must come down.
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Napoleon has humbugged me, by God he has gained twenty-four hours' march on me.
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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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I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but by God, they frighten me.
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Always get over heavy ground as lightly as you can.
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Being born in a stable does not make one a horse.
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Habit is ten times nature.
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If you believe that you will believe anything.
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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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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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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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Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious about any.
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