Arthur Wellesley Quotes

United Kingdom, Soldier
May 1, 1769 – September, 14, 1852.

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS (1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain, serving twice as Prime Minister. His victory against Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 puts him in the first rank of Britain's military heroes.

Also known as Statesman

Publish and be damned.

Arthur Wellesley
The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton.

Arthur Wellesley

The whole art of war consists of guessing at what is on the other side of the hill.

Arthur Wellesley
- Art
- War
The only thing I am afraid of is fear.

Arthur Wellesley
- Fear
Habit is ten times nature.

Arthur Wellesley
- Nature
- Habit
When my journal appears, many statues must come down.

Arthur Wellesley
Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious.

Arthur Wellesley
- Mysterious
The Lord's prayer contains the sum total of religion and morals.

Arthur Wellesley
- Prayer

Next to a lost battle, nothing is so sad as a battle that has been won.

Arthur Wellesley
- Lost
- Sad
Educate men without religion and you make of them but clever devils.

Arthur Wellesley
- Men
- Clever
It is not the business of generals to shoot one another.

Arthur Wellesley
- Business
When one turns over in bed, it is time to turn out.

Arthur Wellesley
- Time
Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.

Arthur Wellesley
- Lost
I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but, by God, they frighten me.

Arthur Wellesley
- God
- Men
- Enemy

Being born in a stable does not make one a horse.

Arthur Wellesley
- Horse
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.

Arthur Wellesley