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Arthur Wellesley

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

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

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"We must all raise war against ignorance."

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"In a fight, your doubt is a target of enemy's attack."

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"A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two."

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"We find ourselves constantly in battle in the vast human theaters of conflict."

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"To deny the battle is unwise. To believe that I can fight it without God is insane. To actually do so is suicidal. No wonder so many of us walk around looking like death warmed over."

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"I am afeard there are few die well that die in battle, for how can they charitably dispose of anything when blood is their argument?"

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"What is important is not to fight, but to fight the right enemy."

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"Percy hefted a bronze grenade. 'I hope you labelled these right.' He yelled, 'Die, Romans!' and lobbed the grenade over the wall."

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"Probably the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing-fields of Eton, but the opening battles of all subsequent wars have been lost there."

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"Everybody is fighting a hard battle that you know nothing about, never give up with yours."

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