Duke of Wellington
Duke of Wellington
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS, was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain. His defeat of Napoléon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 put him in the top rank of Britain's military heroes. In 2002, he was number 14 in the BBC's poll of the 100 Greatest Britons...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPublic Servant
military hero believe
Believe me that every man you see in a military uniform is not a hero.
country war littles
A great country ought not to make little wars.
scum-of-the-earth class together
The French system of conscription brings together a fair sample of all classes; ours is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth. It is only wonderful that we should be able to make so much out of them afterwards.
cannons manifestos
There are no manifestos like cannon and musketry.
victory defeat great-victory
There is nothing so dreadful as a great victory--except a great defeat.
war history gentleman
Hard pounding, gentlemen. Let's see who pounds the longest.
peace war battle
Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.
men animal born
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.
art engineering fool
To define it rudely but not ineptly, engineering is the art of doing for 10 shillings what any fool can do for a pound
war names enemy
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.
army scum-of-the-earth waterloo
Our army is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth.
prayer moral praying
The Lord's prayer contains the sum total of religion and morals.
friends hate believe
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.
battle eton fields
The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton.