Arthur Wellesley [1769-1852] English    
Rank: 103
Soldier
Religion, War, Art, Sad
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| The whole art of war consists of guessing at what is on the other side of the hill. | Art, War | 101| The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton. | | 102| Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious. | | 103| The Lord's prayer contains the sum total of religion and morals. | Religion | 104| Being born in a stable does not make one a horse. | | 105| I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but, by God, they frighten me. | | 106| I hate the whole race. There is no believing a word they say, your professional poets, I mean there never existed a more worthless set than Byron and his friends for example. | | 107| It is not the business of generals to shoot one another. | | 108| Publish and be damned. | | 109| The only thing I am afraid of is fear. | | 110| Educate men without religion and you make of them but clever devils. | Religion | 111| When my journal appears, many statues must come down. | | 112| Next to a lost battle, nothing is so sad as a battle that has been won. | Sad, War | 113| Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won. | | 114| When one turns over in bed, it is time to turn out. | | 115| Habit is ten times nature. | | 116 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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