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Being born in a stable does not make one a horse.
Arthur Wellesley
Being
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
Bed
Educate men without religion and you make of them but clever devils.
Arthur Wellesley
Men
Religion
Habit is ten times nature.
Arthur Wellesley
Nature
Habit
I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but, by God, they frighten me.
Arthur Wellesley
Men
God
Effect
Enemy
Will
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
Example
Friends
Hate
Poets
Race
Word
Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.
Arthur Wellesley
Battle
Melancholy
Nothing
The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton.
Arthur Wellesley
Battle
The Lord's prayer contains the sum total of religion and morals.
Arthur Wellesley
Religion
Morals
Prayer
The only thing I am afraid of is fear.
Arthur Wellesley
Fear
The whole art of war consists of guessing at what is on the other side of the hill.
Arthur Wellesley
Art
War
Next to a lost battle, nothing is so sad as a battle that has been won.
Arthur Wellesley
Battle
Nothing