More from Arthur Wellesley

  1. There is no mistake; there has been no mistake; and there shall be no mistake.
  2. All the business of war, and indeed all the business of life, is to endeavour to find out what you don't know by what you do; that's what I…
  3. 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 …
  4. Mistaken for me, is he? That's strange, for no one ever mistakes me for Mr. Jones.
  5. Publish and be damned.
  6. I never saw so many shocking bad hats in my life.
  7. 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 c…
  8. You must build your House of Parliament on the river: so... that the populace cannot exact their demands by sitting down round you.

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