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1 " The only thing I am afraid of is fear. "
― Arthur Wellesley
2 " Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained. "
3 " Being born in a stable does not make one a horse. "
4 " I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but, by God, they frighten me. "
5 " 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. "
6 " Napoleon built his campaigns of iron and when one piece broke the whole structure collapsed. I made my campaigns using rope, and if a piece broke I tied a knot "
7 " Believe me, nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won. "
8 " An extraordinary affair. I gave them their orders and they wanted to stay and discuss them. "
9 " It had been a damned nice thing - the nearest run thing you ever saw in your life. (Waterloo 18 June 1815)'I hope to God,' he said one day,'that I have fought my last battle.It is a bad thing to be always fighting.While in the thick of it,I am much too occupied to feel anything;but it is wretched just after.It is quite impossible to think of glory.Both mind and feeling are exhausted.I am wretched even at the moment of victory,and I always say that next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained.Not only do you lose those dear friends with whom you have been living,but you are forced to leave the wounded behind you.To be sure one tries to do the best for them,but how little that is!At such moments every feeling in your breast is deadened.I am now just beginning to retain my natural spirits,but I never wish for any more fighting. "
10 " Publish and be damned "
