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
education wise people
Wise people learn when they can; fools learn when they must.
education teacher retirement
Educate men without religion and you make them clever devils.
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.
fear war total-war
The only thing I am afraid of is fear.
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. ..
memorial-day war one-day
If you had seen one day of war, you would pray to God that you would never see another.
bed get-up turns
When one begins to turn in bed, it is time to get up.
fashion art cheer
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.
four twenties march
Napoleon has humbugged me, by God; he has gained twenty-four hours' march on me.
horse doe born
Being born in a stable does not make one a horse.
military war army
I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but by God, they frighten me.
courage enemy troops
Troops would never be deficient in courage, if they could only know how deficient in it their enemies were.
crazy enemy care
God deliver me from my friends! I'll take care of my enemies myself.
attributes spots battlefields
I attribute my success on the battlefield to always being on the spot to see and do everything for myself