The business of the English commander-in-chief being first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat. - Horatio Nelson
Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat.
- Horatio Nelson
I owe all my success in life to having been always a quarter of an hour before my time. - Horatio Nelson
I owe all my success in life to having been always a quarter of an hour before my time.
I am of the opinion that the boldest measures are the safest. - Horatio Nelson
I am of the opinion that the boldest measures are the safest.
A fleet of British ships at war are the best negotiators. - Horatio Nelson
A fleet of British ships at war are the best negotiators.
If I had been censured every time I have run my ship, or fleets under my command, into great danger, I should have long ago been out of the Service a… - Horatio Nelson
If I had been censured every time I have run my ship, or fleets under my command, into great danger, I should have long ago been out of the Service a…
England expects that every man will do his duty. - Horatio Nelson
England expects that every man will do his duty.
Desperate affairs require desperate measures. - Horatio Nelson
Desperate affairs require desperate measures.
Gentlemen, when the enemy is committed to a mistake we must not interrupt him too soon. - Horatio Nelson
Gentlemen, when the enemy is committed to a mistake we must not interrupt him too soon.
Thank God I have done my duty. - Horatio Nelson
Thank God I have done my duty.
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