Quotes from Duke of Wellington

An extraordinary affair. I gave them their orders and they wanted to stay and discuss them.

Wise people learn when they can; fools learn when they must.

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

God deliver me from my friends! I'll take care of my enemies myself.

There is nothing so dreadful as a great victory--except a great defeat.

A great country cannot wage a little war.

Hard pounding, gentlemen. Let's see who pounds the longest.

The scum of the earth... but what fine soldiers we have made them.

Yes, about ten minutes.

Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious about any.

I never saw so many shocking bad hats in my life.

just because I was born in a stable does not make me a horse

We always have been, we are, and I hope that we always shall be detested in France.

Publish and be dammed.

The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton.

Habit is ten times nature.

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.

Educate men without religion and you make of them but clever devils.

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.'

When one turns over in bed, it is time to turn out.

We always have been, we are, and I hope that we always shall be detested in France.

I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but by God, they frighten me.

All the business of war, and indeed all the business of life, is to endeavour to find out what you don't know by what you do; that's what I called 'guess what was at the other side of the hill'.

The hardest thing of all for a soldier is to retreat.