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Buonaparte has often made his boast that our fleet would be worn out by keeping the sea and that his was kept in order and increasing by staying in port; but know he finds, I fancy, if Emperors hear the truth, that his fleet suffers more in a night than ours in one year.

Horatio Nelson
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Horatio Nelson's Popular Quotes

I am of the opinion that the boldest measures are the safest.

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I owe all my success in life to having been always a quarter of an hour before my time.

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Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat.

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A fleet of British ships at war are the best negotiators.

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Gentlemen, when the enemy is committed to a mistake we must not interrupt him too soon.

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Desperate affairs require desperate measures.

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England expects that every man will do his duty.

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Thank God I have done my duty.

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