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Famous Duke of Wellington Quotes
“Believe me that every man you see in a military uniform is not a hero.”
Source: The dispatches of ... the duke of Wellington, compiled by lieut. colonel Gurwood. [With] Suppl. to vol. 1/3 [and] Index. [With] Index
“I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but by God, they frighten me.”
“I used to say of him that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men.”
“I mistrust the judgment of every man in a case in which his own wished are concerned”
Source: Maxims and Opinions of Field-Marshal His Grace the Duke of Wellington, Selected From His Writings and Speeches During a Public Life of More Than Half a Century
“Educate men without religion and you make them clever devils.”