Duke of Wellington - Quotes (Audio)

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Duke of Wellington
(Audio Read Acted Quotes Out Loud)
Music by Scott Buckley - www.scottbuckley.com.au
I believe I forgot to tell you I was made a Duke
Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won
It has been a damned nice thing - the nearest run thing you ever saw in your life
The 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
Hard pounding this, gentlemen; let's see who will pound longest
Give me night or give me Blücher
Publish and be damned
All 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 "guessing what was at the other side of the hill
You must build your House of Parliament on the river: so... that the populace cannot exact their demands by sitting down round you
The only thing I am afraid of is fear
Our army is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth
The Lord's prayer contains the sum total of religion and morals
We always have been, we are, and I hope that we always shall be detested in France
I used to say of Napoleon that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand
men
Educate men without religion and you make of them but clever devils
An extraordinary affair. I gave them their orders and they wanted to stay and discuss them
The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton.
Being born in a stable does not make one a horse.

[@chrismac2234]

I'm in no doubt, that the Duke is the greatest general.
Ps he didn't say 'waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton' lady lovehirst said that.

[@freebeerfordworkers]

Saying his soldiers were the scum of the Earth is only half the quotation. He said they were recruited from the scum of the Earth and it was remarkable they had turned them into the fine fellows they were.
Also referring to his Irish birth he did not say being born in a stable does not make you a horse. That jibe was from Daniel O'Connell the Irish leader in Parliament who was put out because the Catholic clergy of Ireland had addressed him as the greatest living Irishman when he finally put through Catholic emancipation