Arthur Wellesley Quotes

Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious.
Arthur Wellesley

Mysterious, Discreet, Render

It is not the business of generals to shoot one another.
Arthur Wellesley

Business, Another, Generals

Being born in a stable does not make one a horse.
Arthur Wellesley

Born, Horse, Stable

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

Religion, Men, Clever

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

God, Men, Enemy

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

Sad, Nothing, Lost

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

Religion, Prayer, Lord

Habit is ten times nature.
Arthur Wellesley

Nature, Times, Ten

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.
Arthur Wellesley

Hate, Mean, Friends

Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.
Arthur Wellesley

Nothing, Lost, Battle

Publish and be damned.
Arthur Wellesley

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

Battle, Playing, Won

The only thing I am afraid of is fear.
Arthur Wellesley

The whole art of war consists of guessing at what is on the other side of the hill.
Arthur Wellesley

War, Art, Whole

When my journal appears, many statues must come down.
Arthur Wellesley

Down, Journal, Statues

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

Time, Turn, Bed

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Biography

Nationality: English

Born: April 24, 1769

Died: September 14, 1852

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