Quote #16
In honour I gained them, and in honour I will die with them.
More from Horatio Nelson
- Victory or Westminister Abbey.
- Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be.
- If I had been censured every time I have run my ship, or fleets under my command, into great danger, I should have long ago been out of the…
- The measure may be thought bold, but I am of the opinion the boldest are the safest.
- If a man consults whether he is to fight, when he has the power in his own hands, it is certain that his opinion is against fighting.
- May the Great God, whom I worship, grant to my Country and for the benefit of Europe in general a great and glorious victory; and may no mi…
- I have only one eye,- I have a right to be blind sometimes . . . I really do not see the signal!
- Something must be left to chance; nothing is sure in a sea fight above all.