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

Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington on Discretion
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"Educate people without religion and you make them but clever devils."

Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington on Education
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"Hard pounding, gentlemen: but we shall see who can pound the longest."

Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington on Endurance
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"To define it rudely but not ineptly, engineering is the art of doing for 10 shillings what any fool can do for a pound"

Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington on Engineering
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"Habit is ten times nature."

Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington on Habit
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"We have in the service the scum of the earth as common soldiers."

Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington on Army and Navy
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"I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but, by God, they terrify me."

Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington on Army and Navy
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"The Lord's prayer contains the sum total of religion and morals."

Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington on Prayer
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"When my journal appears, many statues must come down."

Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington on Biography
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"Next to a lost battle, nothing is so sad as a battle that has been won."

Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington on Victory
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