Quotes by Duke of Wellington

Duke of Wellington

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

Country

Littles

War

A great country cannot wage a little war.

Country

Littles

War

A great country ought not to make little wars.

Country

Littles

War

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’.

Life Is

Sides

War

Always get over heavy ground as lightly as you can.

Get Over

Heavy

Always make water when you can.

Water

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

Affair

Order

Parliament

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.

Animal

Born

Men

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.

Enemy

Names

War

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

Inspirational

Mysterious

Unnecessary Things

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Quotes by Duke of Wellington

Duke of Wellington

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

A great country cannot wage a little war.

A great country ought not to make little wars.

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’.

Always get over heavy ground as lightly as you can.

Always make water when you can.

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

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.

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.

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

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