The only thing that they can be relied on to do is to gallop too far and too fast. Duke of Wellington More Quotes by Duke of Wellington More Quotes From Duke of Wellington Wise people learn when they can; fools learn when they must. Duke of Wellington wiseeducationmotivational I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but by God, they frighten me. Duke of Wellington humorousmilitarywar We always have been, we are, and I hope that we always shall be detested in France. Duke of Wellington total-warfrancewar Our army is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth. Duke of Wellington waterlooscum-of-the-eartharmy 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'. Duke of Wellington life-issideswar Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won. Duke of Wellington battlewarpeace Victory is the ability to fight five minutes longer than any other army in the world. Duke of Wellington victoryarmyfighting Being born in a stable does not make one a horse. Duke of Wellington horseborndoe Habit is ten times nature. Duke of Wellington tenhabit Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious about any. Duke of Wellington unnecessary-thingsmysteriousinspirational An extraordinary affair. I gave them their orders and they wanted to stay and discuss them. Duke of Wellington parliamentaffairorder The British soldiers are fellows who have all enlisted for drink. That is the plain fact - they have all enlisted for drink. Duke of Wellington british-soldierswarfacts If you had seen one day of war, you would pray to God that you would never see another. Duke of Wellington memorial-dayone-daywar Yes, about ten minutes. Duke of Wellington minuteshumorfunny Hard pounding, gentlemen. Let's see who pounds the longest. Duke of Wellington militarywarhistory Educate men without religion and you make them clever devils. Duke of Wellington educationteacherretirement To define it rudely but not ineptly, engineering is the art of doing for 10 shillings what any fool can do for a pound Duke of Wellington engineeringfoolart When other Generals make mistakes their armies are beaten; when I get into a hole, my men pull me out of it. Duke of Wellington armymistakemen I never saw so many shocking bad hats in my life. Duke of Wellington hatssawslife Always make water when you can. Duke of Wellington water
