Field Quote by Duke of Wellington

It is very true that I have said that I considered Napoleon's presence in the field equal to forty thousand men in the balance.…

— Duke of Wellington

I used to say of him that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men.

— Duke of Wellington

“According to what he tells us himself, Mrs. Fryxell used to say of Napoleon: 'I wish he could be punished for all his slaughter…

— Vilhelm Moberg

We've gone from venues that hold 500 up to 3,000 on our own, so I guess we're not entirely unknown. But there is a…

— Tobias Forge

Napoleon has humbugged me, by God; he has gained twenty-four hours' march on me.

— Duke of Wellington

“I’d let his whole khalasar fuck you if need be, sweet sister, all forty thousand men and their horses too if that was what…

— George R.R. Martin

A hundred thousand men were led By one calf near three centuries dead; They followed still his crooked way And lost a hundred years…

— Sam Walter Foss

A man's a man. But when you see a king, you see the work of many thousand men.

— George Eliot

Though he should conquer a thousand men in the battlefield a thousand times, yet he, indeed, who would conquer himself is the noblest victor.

— Gautama Buddha

Ten thousand men possess ten thousand hopes.

— Euripides

A bloody and complete victory has sometimes yielded no more than the possession of the field and the loss of ten thousand men has…

— Edward Gibbon

The Grand Old Duke of York He had ten thousand men. His case comes up next week.

— Spike Milligan

Where, where was Roderick then? One blast upon his bugle horn Were worth a thousand men.

— Walter Scott

“Another said , "I don't ask six months, I don't ask two. In less than two weeks we'll meet the government face to face.…

— Victor Hugo

“At every crossway on the road that leads to the future, each progressive spirit is opposed by a thousand men appointed to guard the…

— Maurice Maeterlinck