Duke of Wellington - Quotes

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Quotes Out LoudGenerals presentsDuke of Wellington(Audio Read Acted Quotes Out Loud)Music by Scott Buckley – www.scottbuckley.com.auI believe I forgot to tel...

Duke of Wellington - Quotes

Quotes Out LoudGenerals presentsDuke of Wellington(Audio Read Acted Quotes Out Loud)Music by Scott Buckley – www.scottbuckley.com.auI believe I forgot to tel...

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Quotes Out Loud
Generals presents
Duke of Wellington
(Audio Read Acted Quotes Out Loud)

Music by Scott Buckley – www.scottbuckley.com.au

I believe I forgot to tell you I was made a Duke

Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won

It has been a damned nice thing — the nearest run thing you ever saw in your life

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

Hard pounding this, gentlemen; let's see who will pound longest

Give me night or give me Blücher

Publish and be damned

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 "guessing what was at the other side of the hill

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

The only thing I am afraid of is fear

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

The Lord's prayer contains the sum total of religion and morals

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

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

Educate men without religion and you make of them but clever devils

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

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

Being born in a stable does not make one a horse.