I hate the whole race. There is no believing a word they say, your professional poets, I mean there never existed a more worthless set than Byron and his friends for example.
Duke of Wellington
Category: Quote of the Day
Aphorisms, proverbs, wise sayings and other witty, pithy stuff
16NOV2019 – Quote of the Day
A great country cannot wage a little war.
Duke of Wellington
15NOV2019 – Quote of the Day
The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton.
Duke of Wellington
14NOV2019 – Quote of the Day
God deliver me from my friends! I’ll take care of my enemies myself.
Duke of Wellington
13NOV2019 – Quote of the Day
My heart is broken by the terrible loss I have sustained in my old friends and companions and my poor soldiers. Believe me, nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.
Duke of Wellington
12NOV2019 – Quote of the Day
Love guards the heart from the abyss.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
11NOV2019 – Quote of the Day
Whoever is most impertinent has the best chance.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
10NOV2019 – Quote of the Day
Creativity is the firing of my soul.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
09NOV2019 – Quote of the Day
If people could see into my heart, I should almost feel ashamed – all there is cold, cold as ice.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
08NOV2019 – Quote of the Day
The music is not in the notes, but in the silence between.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart