91 Quotes by Duke of Wellington

Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained.

The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton.

I used to say of Napoleon that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men.

All the business of war, and indeed all the business of life, is to endeavour to find out what you don't know by what you do; that's what I called 'guess what was at the other side of the hill'.

Being born in a stable does not make one a horse.

Our army is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth.

The Lord's prayer contains the sum total of religion and morals.

When my journal appears, many statues must come down.

An extraordinary affair. I gave them their orders and they wanted to stay and discuss them.