Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be.
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.
- Horatio Nelson
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.
Thank God I have done my duty. - Horatio Nelson
Thank God I have done my duty.
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.
Desperate affairs require desperate measures. - Horatio Nelson
Desperate affairs require desperate measures.
A fleet of British ships at war are the best negotiators. - Horatio Nelson
A fleet of British ships at war are the best negotiators.
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.
England expects that every man will do his duty. - Horatio Nelson
England expects that every man will do his duty.
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…
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