More from Arthur Wellesley

  1. My rule always was to do the business of the day in the day.
  2. They wanted this iron fist to command them.
  3. 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…
  4. I don't know what effect these men will have on the enemy, but by God, they terrify me.
  5. The only thing I am afraid of is fear.
  6. [I don't] care a twopenny damn what [becomes] of the ashes of Napoleon Bonaparte.
  7. I used to say of him that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men.
  8. 'Tis of no matter, your Highness, I have seen their backs before.

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