Our army is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth.
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Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained.
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As Lord Chesterfield said of the generals of his day, 'I only hope that when the enemy reads the list of their names, he trembles as I do.'
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I used to say of Napoleon that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men.
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