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• It is very true that I have said that I considered Napoleon's presence in the field equal to forty thousand men in the balance.
  This is a very loose way of talking; but the idea is a very different one from that of his presence at a battle being equal to a reinforcement of forty thousand men....
• I never saw so many shocking bad hats in my life.
  -- Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) -- Upon seeing the first Reformed Parliame...
• Circumstances over which I have no control. -- Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1769-1852)
• There is no mistake; there has been no mistake; and there shall be no mistake.
  -- Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) -- Letter to Mr. Huskisso...
• Publish and be damned! -- Arthur Wellesley , Duke of Wellington 1769-1852 -- Attributed
  when the courtesan Harriette Wilson threatened to publish her memoirs and his lette...
• Knowing is half the battle. -- GI Joe
• If this is a battle, then you have already lost.
• The battle of the Gulf was won on the playing fields of Atari.
• Always make water when you can. -- Duke of Wellingto