1769-1852, British Statesman, Military Leader
Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious.
Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley – [Discretion]


Educate people without religion and you make them but clever devils.
Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley – [Education]


Habit is ten times nature.
Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley – [Habit]


Hard pounding, gentlemen: but we shall see who can pound the longest.
Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley – [Endurance]


I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but, by God, they terrify me.
Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley – [Army and Navy]


Next to a lost battle, nothing is so sad as a battle that has been won.
Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley – [Victory]


The Lord's prayer contains the sum total of religion and morals.
Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley – [Prayer]


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.
Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley – [Engineering]


We have in the service the scum of the earth as common soldiers.
Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley – [Army and Navy]


When my journal appears, many statues must come down.
Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley – [Biography]