Quotes by Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington

Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington

Irish military leader and statesman, defeated Napoleon

Lived from: 1769 - 1852

Category: Politics Country: FlagIreland

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  • Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious.
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  • Being born in a stable does not make one a horse.
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  • Educate people without religion and you make them but clever devils.
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  • Habit is ten times nature.
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  • Hard pounding, gentlemen: but we shall see who can pound the longest.
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  • I always say that, next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained.
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  • I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but, by God, they frighten me.
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  • I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but, by God, they terrify me.
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  • 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.
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  • It is not the business of generals to shoot one another.
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  • Next to a lost battle, nothing is so sad as a battle that has been won.
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  • Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.
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  • Publish and be damned.
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  • The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton.
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  • The Lord's prayer contains the sum total of religion and morals.
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  • The only thing I am afraid of is fear.
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  • The whole art of war consists of guessing at what is on the other side of the hill.
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  • 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.
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  • We have in the service the scum of the earth as common soldiers.
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  • When my journal appears, many statues must come down.
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What are the most famous quotes from Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington?

The two most famous quotes from Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington are:

  • "Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious."
  • "Being born in a stable does not make one a horse."

When did Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington live?

Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington was born in 1769 and died in the year 1852.