More from Arthur Wellesley

  1. I used to say of him that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men.
  2. The French system of conscription brings together a fair sample of all classes; ours is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum o…
  3. Depend upon it, Sir, nothing will come of them!
  4. My rule always was to do the business of the day in the day.
  5. I should have given more praise.
  6. Circumstances over which I have no control.
  7. We always have been, we are, and I hope that we always shall be, detested in France.
  8. They wanted this iron fist to command them.

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