Duke of Wellington
I have seen their backs before.Collection: Peace
The only thing that they can be relied on to do is to gallop too far and too fast.Collection: War
You must build your House of Parliament on the river: so... that the populace cannot exact their demands by sitting down round you.Collection: Rivers
Call on a business man only at business times, and on business; transact your business, and go about your business, in order to give him time to finish his business.Collection: Business
Napoleon has humbugged me, by God; he has gained twenty-four hours' march on me.Collection: Twenties
I used to say of him that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men.Collection: War
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.Collection: Animal
There is no mistake; there has been no mistake; and there shall be no mistake.Collection: Mistake
Rashness is oftener the resort of cowardice than of courage.Collection: Cowardice
A great country can have no such thing as a little war.Collection: Country
If you believe that you will believe anything.Collection: Believe
Today when a man gets married he gets a home, a housekeeper, a cook, a cheering squad and another paycheck. When a woman marries, she gets a boarder. To define it rudely but not ineptly, engineering is the art of doing that well with one dollar, which any bungler can do with two after a fashion.Collection: Fashion
I mistrust the judgment of every man in a case in which his own wished are concernedCollection: Clever
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.Collection: War
I have no small talk and Peel has no manners.Collection: Manners
What masks are these uniforms to hide cowards!Collection: Coward
A great country ought not to make little wars.Collection: Country
I have got an infamous army, very weak and ill-equipped, and a very inexperienced staff.Collection: Army
Believe me that every man you see in a military uniform is not a hero.Collection: Military
I am not only not prepared to bring forward any measure of this nature, but I will at once declare that, as far as I am concerned, as long as I hold any station in the Government of the country, I shall always feel it my duty to resist such measures when proposed by others.Collection: Country
Publish and be damned.Collection: Classic
I see no reason to suppose these machines will ever force themselves into general use.Collection: Funny
It is very true that I have said that I considered Napoleon's presence in the field equal to forty thousand men in the balance. This is a very loose way of talking; but the idea is a very different one from that of his presence at a battle being equal to a reinforcement of forty thousand men.Collection: Men
Extra interest signifies extra risk.Collection: Risk
Just to show you how little reliance can be placed even on what are supposed the best accounts of a battle, I mention that there are some circumstances mentioned in General -'s account which did not occur as he relates them. It is impossible to say when each important occurrence took place, or in what order.Collection: Order