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My greatest happiness is to serve my gracious King and Country and I am envious only of glory; for if it be a sin to covet glory I am the most offending soul alive.

— Horatio Nelson

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"I have always been a quarter of an hour before my time and it has made a man of me."

First gain the victory and then make the best use of it you can.

England expects every Man will do his Duty.

The Battle of Trafalgar (1805)

Before this time to-morrow I shall have gained a peerage, or Westminster Abbey.

Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat.

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