More from Arthur Wellesley

  1. Circumstances over which I have no control.
  2. I don't know what effect these men will have on the enemy, but by God, they terrify me.
  3. My rule always was to do the business of the day in the day.
  4. [I don't] care a twopenny damn what [becomes] of the ashes of Napoleon Bonaparte.
  5. 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…
  6. 'Tis of no matter, your Highness, I have seen their backs before.
  7. The only thing I am afraid of is fear.
  8. If a gentleman happens to be born in a stable, it does not follow that he should be called a horse.

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