The only thing that they can be relied on to do is to gallop too far and too fast. — Duke of Wellington Copy Share Image
I used to say of him that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men. — Duke of Wellington Copy Share Image
If you had seen one day of war, you would pray to God that you would never see another. — Duke of Wellington Copy Share Image
We always have been, we are, and I hope that we always shall be detested in France. — Duke of Wellington Copy Share Image
The whole art of war consists in getting at what is on the other side of the hill. — Duke of Wellington Copy Share Image
My heart is broken by the terrible loss I have sustained in my old friends and companions and my poor soldiers. Believe… — Duke of Wellington Copy Share Image
All the business of war, and indeed all the business of life, is to endeavour to find out what you don't know… — Duke of Wellington Copy Share Image
The British soldiers are fellows who have all enlisted for drink. That is the plain fact - they have all enlisted for… — Duke of Wellington Copy Share Image
During the Peninsula War, I heard a Portuguese general address his troops before a battle with the words, "Remember men, you are… — Duke of Wellington Copy Share Image
Just to show you how little reliance can be placed even on what are supposed the best accounts of a battle, I… — Duke of Wellington Copy Share Image
The history of a battle, is not unlike the history of a ball. Some individuals may recollect all the little events of… — Duke of Wellington Copy Share Image
Victory is the ability to fight five minutes longer than any other army in the world. — Duke of Wellington Copy Share Image
I acknowledge that I should not like to see again such loss as I sustained on the 23rd September, even if attended by such… — Duke of Wellington Copy Share Image
When other Generals make mistakes their armies are beaten; when I get into a hole, my men pull me out of it. — Duke of Wellington Copy Share Image
God deliver me from my friends! I'll take care of my enemies myself. — Duke of Wellington Copy Share Image
As Lord Chesterfield said of the generals of his day, 'I only hope that when the enemy reads the list of their names, he… — Duke of Wellington Copy Share Image
The whole art of war consists in getting at what is on the other side of the hill. — Duke of Wellington Copy Share Image
There is no mistake; there has been no mistake; and there shall be no mistake. — Duke of Wellington Copy Share Image
