Every Frenchman Quotes by Horatio Nelson

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• You must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your King, and you must treat every Frenchman as if he…
• Thank God I have done my duty.
• To do nothing was disgraceful; therefore I made use of my understanding.
• What the country needs is the annihilation of the enemy.
• Laurels grow in the Bay of Biscay, I hope a bed of them may be found in the Mediterranean.
• Hardy, I do believe they have done it at last... my backbone is shot through.
• Frigates are the eyes of a fleet.
• First gain the victory and then make the best use of it you can.
• A ship's a fool to fight a fort.
• Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat.
• Now I can do no more. We must trust to the Great Disposer of all events and the justice of our cause.…
• I owe all my success in life to having been always a quarter of an hour before my time.

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