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Arthur Wellesley

"Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won."

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"Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won."

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"Ungodliness has always declared war on godliness."

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"We heard the army before we saw it.The noise was like a cannon barrage combined with a football stadium crowd- like every Patriots fan in New England was charging us with bazookas."

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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 believe in the battle-whether it's the battle of a campaign or the battle of this office, which is a continuing battle."

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"A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win."

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"The day my father came to claim me, my mother did not wish for me to go. 'She is a girl,' she said, 'and I do not think that she is yours. I had a thousand other men.' He tossed his spear at my feet and gave my mother the back of his hand across the face, so she began to weep. 'Girl or boy, we fight our battles,' he said, 'but the gods let us choose our weapons.' He pointed to the spear, then to my mother's tears, and I picked up the spear."

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Donna Grant

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

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