What I must have said and possibly did say was, Stand up Guards and then gave the commanding officers the order to attack.
What I must have said and possibly did say was, Stand up Guards and then gave the commanding officers the order to attack.
Being born in a stable does not make one a horse.
The next greatest misfortune to losing a battle is to gain such a victory as this.
When one turns over in bed, it is time to turn out.
Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.
Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious.
Publish and be damned.
To define it rudely but not ineptly, engineering is the art of doing that well with one dollar, which any bungler can do with two after a fashion.
The mere scum of the earth.
It is not the business of generals to shoot one another.
To know when to retreat and to dare to do it.
Next to a lost battle, nothing is so sad as a battle that has been won.
The Lord's prayer contains the sum total of religion and morals.
When it is time to turn over in bed, it is time to turn out.
Habit is ten times nature.
The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton.
Hard pounding, gentlemen but we shall see who can pound the longest.
The whole art of war consists of guessing at what is on the other side of the hill.
I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but, by God, they frighten me.
Educate men without religion and you make of them but clever devils.
When my journal appears, many statues must come down.
The only thing I am afraid of is fear.
To a man who approached him saying, 'Mr. Jones, I believe' 'If you believe that, you'll believe anything'.
I hate the whole race. There is no believing a word they say, your professional poets, I mean there never existed a more worthless set than Byron and his friends for example.
Educate people without religion and you make them but clever devils.
Up guards and at 'em.
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