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Duke Of Wellington Quotes: "Our army is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth."

Our army is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth.



Duke Of Wellington Quotes: "We always have been, we are, and I hope that we always shall be detested in France."

We always have been, we are, and I hope that we always shall be detested in France.




Duke Of Wellington Quotes: "I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but by God, they frighten me."

I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but by God, they frighten me.



Duke Of Wellington Quotes: "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'."

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'.




Duke Of Wellington Quotes: "The hardest thing of all for a soldier is to retreat."

The hardest thing of all for a soldier is to retreat.



Duke Of Wellington Quotes: "Educate men without religion and you make them clever devils."

Educate men without religion and you make them clever devils.



Duke Of Wellington Quotes: "An extraordinary affair. I gave them their orders and they wanted to stay and discuss them."

An extraordinary affair. I gave them their orders and they wanted to stay and discuss them.




Duke Of Wellington Quotes: "I never saw so many shocking bad hats in my life."

I never saw so many shocking bad hats in my life.



Duke Of Wellington Quotes: "The British soldiers are fellows who have all enlisted for drink. That is the plain fact - they have all enlisted for drink."

The British soldiers are fellows who have all enlisted for drink. That is the plain fact - they have all enlisted for drink.



Duke Of Wellington Quotes: "Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious about any."

Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious about any.



Duke Of Wellington Quotes: "During the Peninsula War, I heard a Portuguese general address his troops before a battle with the words, "Remember men, you are Portuguese!""

During the Peninsula War, I heard a Portuguese general address his troops before a battle with the words, "Remember men, you are Portuguese!"



Duke Of Wellington Quotes: "If you had seen one day of war, you would pray to God that you would never see another."

If you had seen one day of war, you would pray to God that you would never see another.




Duke Of Wellington Quotes: "To define it rudely but not ineptly, engineering is the art of doing for 10 shillings what any fool can do for a pound"

To define it rudely but not ineptly, engineering is the art of doing for 10 shillings what any fool can do for a pound



Duke Of Wellington Quotes: "Always make water when you can."

Always make water when you can.



Duke Of Wellington Quotes: "When other Generals make mistakes their armies are beaten; when I get into a hole, my men pull me out of it."

When other Generals make mistakes their armies are beaten; when I get into a hole, my men pull me out of it.



Duke Of Wellington Quotes: "Always get over heavy ground as lightly as you can."

Always get over heavy ground as lightly as you can.



Duke Of Wellington Quotes: "When my journal appears, many statues must come down."

When my journal appears, many statues must come down.



Duke Of Wellington Quotes: "There is nothing so dreadful as a great victory--except a great defeat."

There is nothing so dreadful as a great victory--except a great defeat.



Duke Of Wellington Quotes: "Yes, about ten minutes."

Yes, about ten minutes.



Duke Of Wellington Quotes: "Troops would never be deficient in courage, if they could only know how deficient in it their enemies were."

Troops would never be deficient in courage, if they could only know how deficient in it their enemies were.



Duke Of Wellington Quotes: "Hard pounding, gentlemen. Let's see who pounds the longest."

Hard pounding, gentlemen. Let's see who pounds the longest.



Duke Of Wellington Quotes: "When one begins to turn in bed, it is time to get up."

When one begins to turn in bed, it is time to get up.



Duke Of Wellington Quotes: "A great country can have no such thing as a little war."

A great country can have no such thing as a little war.



Duke Of Wellington Quotes: "The only thing that they can be relied on to do is to gallop too far and too fast."

The only thing that they can be relied on to do is to gallop too far and too fast.



Duke Of Wellington Quotes: "The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton."

The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton.



Duke Of Wellington Quotes: "The whole art of war consists in getting at what is on the other side of the hill."

The whole art of war consists in getting at what is on the other side of the hill.



Duke Of Wellington Quotes: "A great country cannot wage a little war."

A great country cannot wage a little war.



Duke Of Wellington Quotes: "Victory is the ability to fight five minutes longer than any other army in the world."

Victory is the ability to fight five minutes longer than any other army in the world.



Duke Of Wellington Quotes: "Call on a business man only at business times, and on business; transact your business, and go about your business, in order to give him time to finish his business."

Call on a business man only at business times, and on business; transact your business, and go about your business, in order to give him time to finish his business.



Duke Of Wellington Quotes: "There is nothing on earth so stupid as a gallant officer."

There is nothing on earth so stupid as a gallant officer.



Duke Of Wellington Quotes: "Error is ever the sequence of haste."

Error is ever the sequence of haste.



Duke Of Wellington Quotes: "There are no manifestos like cannon and musketry."

There are no manifestos like cannon and musketry.



Duke Of Wellington Quotes: "The scum of the earth... but what fine soldiers we have made them."

The scum of the earth... but what fine soldiers we have made them.



Duke Of Wellington Quotes: "Napoleon has humbugged me, by God; he has gained twenty-four hours' march on me."

Napoleon has humbugged me, by God; he has gained twenty-four hours' march on me.



Duke Of Wellington Quotes: "I have got an infamous army, very weak and ill-equipped, and a very inexperienced staff."

I have got an infamous army, very weak and ill-equipped, and a very inexperienced staff.



Duke Of Wellington Quotes: "I mistrust the judgment of every man in a case in which his own wished are concerned"

I mistrust the judgment of every man in a case in which his own wished are concerned



Duke Of Wellington Quotes: "You must build your House of Parliament on the river: so... that the populace cannot exact their demands by sitting down round you."

You must build your House of Parliament on the river: so... that the populace cannot exact their demands by sitting down round you.



Duke Of Wellington Quotes: "What masks are these uniforms to hide cowards!"

What masks are these uniforms to hide cowards!



Duke Of Wellington Quotes: "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."

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.



Duke Of Wellington Quotes: "I attribute my success on the battlefield to always being on the spot to see and do everything for myself"

I attribute my success on the battlefield to always being on the spot to see and do everything for myself



Duke Of Wellington Quotes: "I used to say of him that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men."

I used to say of him that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men.



Duke Of Wellington Quotes: "Rashness is oftener the resort of cowardice than of courage."

Rashness is oftener the resort of cowardice than of courage.



Duke Of Wellington Quotes: "As Lord Chesterfield said of the generals of his day, 'I only hope that when the enemy reads the list of their names, he trembles as I do."

As Lord Chesterfield said of the generals of his day, 'I only hope that when the enemy reads the list of their names, he trembles as I do.



Duke Of Wellington Quotes: "There is no mistake; there has been no mistake; and there shall be no mistake."

There is no mistake; there has been no mistake; and there shall be no mistake.



Duke Of Wellington Quotes: "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."

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.



Duke Of Wellington Quotes: "Habit is ten times nature."

Habit is ten times nature.



Duke Of Wellington Quotes: "I have no small talk and Peel has no manners."

I have no small talk and Peel has no manners.



Duke Of Wellington Quotes: "Extra interest signifies extra risk."

Extra interest signifies extra risk.



Duke Of Wellington Quotes: "Believe me that every man you see in a military uniform is not a hero."

Believe me that every man you see in a military uniform is not a hero.