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Quotes by Arthur Wellesley

Being born in a stable does not make one a horse.
– Arthur Wellesley
Educate men without religion and you make of them but clever devils.
– Arthur Wellesley
Habit is ten times nature.
– Arthur Wellesley
I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but, by God, they frighten me.
– Arthur Wellesley
It is not the business of generals to shoot one another.
– Arthur Wellesley
Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.
– Arthur Wellesley
Publish and be damned.
– Arthur Wellesley
The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton.
– Arthur Wellesley
The Lord's prayer contains the sum total of religion and morals.
– Arthur Wellesley
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
There are no manifestos like cannon and musketry.
– Arthur Wellesley
When one turns over in bed, it is time to turn out.
– Arthur Wellesley
Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious about any.
– Arthur Wellesley