More from Horatio Nelson

  1. Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat.
  2. Let the country mourn their hero; I grieve for the loss of the most fascinating companion I ever conversed with- the greatest and most simp…
  3. The business of the English commander-in-chief being first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I …
  4. The bravest man feels an anxiety 'circa praecordia' as he enters the battle, but he dreads disgrace more.
  5. Recollect that you must be a seaman to be an officer and also that you cannot be a good officer without being a gentleman.
  6. Now I can do no more. We must trust to the Great Disposer of all events and the justice of our cause. I thank God for this opportunity of d…
  7. Never break the neutrality of a port or place, but never consider as neutral any place from whence an attack is allowed to be made.
  8. I have always been a quarter of an hour before my time and it has made a man of me.

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