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Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood Quotes

Now, gentlemen, let us do something today which the world may talk of hereafter.

Now, gentlemen, let us do something today which the world may talk of hereafter.

Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood
Military, Gentleman, World
Said before the Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805, in G. L. Newnham Collingwood (ed.) 'A Selection from the Correspondence of Lord Collingwood' (1828) vol. 1, p. 168

Before you are five and twenty you must establish a character that will serve you all your life.

Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood
Life, Character, Twenties

Check and restrain anger. Never make any determination until you find it has entirely subsided.

Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood
Determination, Anger, Checks

I wish you had one of those fairy telescopes that can look into the hearts and souls of people a thousand leagues off, then you might see how much you possess my mind.

Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood
Love, Heart, People

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