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Quotes by Duke of Wellington
Houses of Congress. Jan. 8, 1790. Nothing except a battle lost can be half sc melancholy as a battle won.— filed under Vii
There is no mistake; there has been no mistake; and there shall be no mistake.— filed under Decision
Foot's Resolution, Jan. 26, 1830. It is very true that I have said that I considered Napoleon's presence in the field equal to forty thousand men in the balance. This is a very loose way of talking; but the idea is a very different one from that of his presence at a battle being equal to a reinforcement of forty thousand men.— filed under Influence