Quotes by Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington

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

Habit is ten times nature. >>

Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterio >>

Quotations about Army and Navy

If our soldiers are not overburdened with money, it is not because the >>

Standing armies can never consist of resolute robust men; they may be >>

We are as near to heaven by sea as by land. >>

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

Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington