Tag: Duke of Wellington

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

A great country cannot wage a little war.

Duke of Wellington

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

Duke of Wellington

God deliver me from my friends! I’ll take care of my enemies myself.

Duke of Wellington

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