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There is no mistake; there has been no mistake; and there shall be no mistake.
The only thing I am afraid of is fear.
Notes of Conversations with the Duke of Wellington (1886)
They wanted this iron fist to command them.
Notes of Conversations with the Duke of Wellington (1886)
I used to say of him that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men.
Notes of Conversations with the Duke of Wellington (1886)
My rule always was to do the business of the day in the day.
Notes of Conversations with the Duke of Wellington (1886)
Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.
Despatch (1815)
An untoward event. (Threatening to disturb the balance of power.)
I never saw so many shocking bad hats in my life.
When asked what he thought of the first Reformed Parliament (1832)
Depend upon it, Sir, nothing will come of them!
Take care what you are about, for unless you base all this on religion, you are only making so many clever devils.
The whole art of war consists in getting at what is on the other side of the hill.
Saying. Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922)
Hard pounding this, gentlemen; let's see who will pound longest.
To know when to retreat; and to dare to do it.
Circumstances over which I have no control.
Notes of Conversations with the Duke of Wellington (1886)
We always have been, we are, and I hope that we always shall be, detested in France.
Wellington and His Friends (1965)
Trust nothing to the enthusiasm of the people. Give them a strong and a just, and, if possible, a good, government; but, above all, a strong one.
If you believe that you will believe anything.
I have no small talk and Peel has no manners.
Collections and Recollections (1898)
I have no confidence in the system of isolement [isolation]. It does not answer in social life for individuals, nor in politics for nations. Man is a social animal.
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."