All the business of war, and indeed all the business of life, is to endeavour to find out what you don't know by what you do; that's what I called 'guess what was at the other side of the hill'.
- Duke of Wellington Quote

As Lord Chesterfield said of the generals of his day, 'I only hope that when the enemy reads the list of their names, he trembles as I do.'
- Duke of Wellington Quote

I used to say of Napoleon that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men.
- Duke of Wellington Quote

Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained.
- Duke of Wellington Quote

Publish and be dammed.
- Duke of Wellington Quote