Quote #31

'Tis of no matter, your Highness, I have seen their backs before.

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  1. [I don't] care a twopenny damn what [becomes] of the ashes of Napoleon Bonaparte.
  2. If a gentleman happens to be born in a stable, it does not follow that he should be called a horse.
  3. I don't know what effect these men will have on the enemy, but by God, they terrify me.
  4. The Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton.
  5. They wanted this iron fist to command them.
  6. Summoning the Duke of Richmond, who was to have command of the reserve when formed, he asked for a map. The two withdrew to an adjoining ro…
  7. Circumstances over which I have no control.
  8. My rule always was to do the business of the day in the day.

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