First gain the victory and then make the best use of it you can.
More Quotes from Horatio Nelson:
Now I can do no more. We must trust to the Great Disposer of all events and the justice of our cause. I thank God for this opportunity of doing my duty.Horatio Nelson
I cannot command winds and weather.
Horatio Nelson
Something must be left to chance nothing is sure in a sea fight beyond all others.
Horatio Nelson
Our country will, I believe, sooner forgive an officer for attacking an enemy than for letting it alone.
Horatio Nelson
The defeat of the combined French and Spanish fleets lifted the very real threat of an invasion of Britain and it was greeted by the nation with huge relief,
Horatio Nelson
The business of the English commander-in-chief being first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible) and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
Horatio Nelson
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