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
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.
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.
horse doe born
Being born in a stable does not make one a horse.
courage enemy troops
Troops would never be deficient in courage, if they could only know how deficient in it their enemies were.
attributes spots battlefields
I attribute my success on the battlefield to always being on the spot to see and do everything for myself
peace war battle
Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.
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.
rivers house sitting
You must build your House of Parliament on the river: so... that the populace cannot exact their demands by sitting down round you.
classic publish
Publish and be damned.
battle next misery
Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained.
clever men cases
I mistrust the judgment of every man in a case in which his own wished are concerned
loss gains september
I acknowledge that I should not like to see again such loss as I sustained on the 23rd September, even if attended by such a gain.
stupid war earth
There is nothing on earth so stupid as a gallant officer.