The only thing I am afraid of is fear.
Arthur Wellesley
Born: May 1, 1769 Died: September 14, 1852
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was a British soldier and statesman. Rising to prominence during the Peninsular War, he became a national hero in Britain after the Napoleonic Wars during which he led the victorious Anglo-Allied forces at the Battle of Waterloo. He later became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on two separate occasions.
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- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (English (en))
At Waterloo [Waterloo] sought to break up the rocket unit, commanded by Major E. C. Whinyates R.A.
A staff officer told him 'But that, Your Grace, will break Major Whinyates's heart.'
'Damn his heart, Sir, let my orders be obeyed!
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Napoleon built his campaigns of iron and when one piece broke the whole structure collapsed. I made my campaigns using rope, and if a piece broke I tied a knot
It had been a damned nice thing - the nearest run thing you ever saw in your life. (Waterloo 18 June 1815)
'I hope to God,' he said one day,'that I have fought my last battle.It is a bad thing to be always fighting.While in the thick of it,I am much too occupied to feel anything;but it is wretched just after.It is quite impossible to think of glory.Both mind and feeling are exhausted.I am wretched even at the moment of victory,and I always say that next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained.Not only do you lose those dear friends with whom you have been living,but you are forced to leave the wounded behind you.To be sure one tries to do the best for them,but how little that is!At such moments every feeling in your breast is deadened.I am now just beginning to retain my natural spirits,but I never wish for any more fighting.
Being born in a stable does not make one a horse.
An extraordinary affair. I gave them their orders and they wanted to stay and discuss them.
Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained.
"As a member of the Protestant British squirearchy ruling Ireland, he was touchy about his Irish origins. When in later life an enthusiastic Gael commended him as a famous Irishman, he replied "A man can be born in a stable, and yet not be an animal.
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I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but, by God, they frighten me.
Believe me, nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.
Publish and be damned