Duke of Wellington Quotes - Page 3

I mistrust the judgment of every man in a case in which his own wished are concerned

Today when a man gets married he gets a home, a housekeeper, a cook, a cheering squad and another paycheck. When a woman marries, she gets a boarder. To define it rudely but not ineptly, engineering is the art of doing that well with one dollar, which any bungler can do with two after a fashion.

There is no mistake; there has been no mistake; and there shall be no mistake.

A great country can have no such thing as a little war.

If you believe that you will believe anything.

I see no reason to suppose these machines will ever force themselves into general use.

As Lord Chesterfield said of the generals of his day, 'I only hope that when the enemy reads the list of their names, he trembles as I do.

Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained.

I hate the whole race. There is no believing a word they say, your professional poets, I mean there never existed a more worthless set than Byron and his friends for example.

I have no small talk and Peel has no manners.

What masks are these uniforms to hide cowards!

Believe me that every man you see in a military uniform is not a hero.

A great country ought not to make little wars.

I have got an infamous army, very weak and ill-equipped, and a very inexperienced staff.

I acknowledge that I should not like to see again such loss as I sustained on the 23rd September, even if attended by such a gain.

The Lord's prayer contains the sum total of religion and morals.

I am not only not prepared to bring forward any measure of this nature, but I will at once declare that, as far as I am concerned, as long as I hold any station in the Government of the country, I shall always feel it my duty to resist such measures when proposed by others.

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. This is a very loose way of talking; but the idea is a very different one from that of his presence at a battle being equal to a reinforcement of forty thousand men.

Publish and be damned.

Next to a lost battle, nothing is so sad as a battle that has been won.

Extra interest signifies extra risk.

Just to show you how little reliance can be placed even on what are supposed the best accounts of a battle, I mention that there are some circumstances mentioned in General -'s account which did not occur as he relates them. It is impossible to say when each important occurrence took place, or in what order.