An extraordinary affair. I gave them their orders and they wanted to stay and discuss them. — 1st Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley
All the business of war, and indeed all the business of life, is to endeavour to find out what — 1st Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley
Our army is composed of the scum of the earth – the mere scum of the earth. — 1st Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley
Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained. — 1st Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley
I used to say of napoleon that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men. — 1st Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley
As lord chesterfield said of the generals of his day, ‘i only hope that when the — 1st Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley