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A great country ought not to make little wars.
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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Dublin city
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley
1st Duke of Wellington
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Troops would never be deficient in courage, if they could only know how deficient in it their enemies were.
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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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