Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley

We have in the service the scum of the earth as common soldiers.

— Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley

I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but, by God, they terrify me.

— Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley

When my journal appears, many statues must come down.

— Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley

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

— Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley

Educate people without religion and you make them but clever devils.

— Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley

Hard pounding, gentlemen: but we shall see who can pound the longest.

— Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley

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 Arthur Wellesley

Habit is ten times nature.

— Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley

The Lord's prayer contains the sum total of religion and morals.

— Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley

Next to a lost battle, nothing is so sad as a battle that has been won.

— Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley