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
order differences battle
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. ..
country war littles
A great country can have no such thing as a little war.
courage enemy troops
Troops would never be deficient in courage, if they could only know how deficient in it their enemies were.
war sides life-is
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'.
bed get-up turns
When one begins to turn in bed, it is time to get up.
war men battle
During the Peninsula War, I heard a Portuguese general address his troops before a battle with the words, "Remember men, you are Portuguese!
horse doe born
Being born in a stable does not make one a horse.
fear war total-war
The only thing I am afraid of is fear.
war france total-war
We always have been, we are, and I hope that we always shall be detested in France.
war soldier retreat
The hardest thing of all for a soldier is to retreat.
mistake army men
When other Generals make mistakes their armies are beaten; when I get into a hole, my men pull me out of it.
education teacher retirement
Educate men without religion and you make them clever devils.
order affair parliament
An extraordinary affair. I gave them their orders and they wanted to stay and discuss them.
life saws hats
I never saw so many shocking bad hats in my life.