Duke of Wellington

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

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When my journal appears, many statues must come down.

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Habit is ten times nature.

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

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As Lord Chesterfield said of the generals of his day, 'I only hope that when the enemy reads the list of their names, he trembles as I do.'

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Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious.

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

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

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

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Quotes by Duke of Wellington