Duke Of Wellington

There is no mistake; there has been no mistake; and there shall be no mistake.

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'.

The whole art of war consists in getting at what is on the other side of the hill.

Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.

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

Next to a lost battle, nothing is so sad as a battle that has been won.

Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious about any.

The scum of the earth... but what fine soldiers we have made them.

When other Generals make mistakes their armies are beaten; when I get into a hole, my men pull me out of it.

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

The only thing I am afraid of is fear.

Wise people learn when they can; fools learn when they must.

A great country cannot wage a little war.