Troops would never be deficient in courage, if they could only know how deficient in it their enemies were.
Duke of WellingtonIf you had seen one day of war, you would pray to God that you would never see another.
Duke of WellingtonToday when a man gets married he gets a home, a housekeeper, a cook, a cheering squad and another paycheck. When a woman marries, she gets a boarder. To define it rudely but not ineptly, engineering is the art of doing that well with one dollar, which any bungler can do with two after a fashion.
Duke of WellingtonAn extraordinary affair. I gave them their orders and they wanted to stay and discuss them.
Duke of WellingtonAll 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 WellingtonI attribute my success on the battlefield to always being on the spot to see and do everything for myself
Duke of WellingtonBe discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious about any.
Duke of WellingtonThe history of a battle, is not unlike the history of a ball. Some individuals may recollect all the little events of which the great result is the battle won or lost, but no individual can recollect the order in which, or the exact moment at which, they occurred, which makes all the difference as to their value or importance.
Duke of WellingtonJust to show you how little reliance can be placed even on what are supposed the best accounts of a battle, I mention that there are some circumstances mentioned in General -'s account which did not occur as he relates them. It is impossible to say when each important occurrence took place, or in what order.
Duke of Wellington