"If a man consults whether he is to fight, when he has the power in his own hands, it is certain that his opinion is against fighting."

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"If a man consults whether he is to fight, when he has the power in his own hands, it is certain that his opinion is against fighting."

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"Gentlemen, when the enemy is committed to a mistake we must not interrupt him too soon."

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"First gain the victory and then make the best use of it you can."

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"If I had been censured every time I have run my ship, or fleets under my command, into great danger, I should have long ago been out of the Service and never in the House of Peers."

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"Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat."

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"My greatest happiness is to serve my gracious King and Country and I am envious only of glory; for if it be a sin to covet glory I am the most offending soul alive."

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"My character and good name are in my own keeping. Life with disgrace is dreadful. A glorious death is to be envied."

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"Never break the neutrality of a port or place, but never consider as neutral any place from whence an attack is allowed to be made."

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"Buonaparte has often made his boast that our fleet would be worn out by keeping the sea and that his was kept in order and increasing by staying in port; but know he finds, I fancy, if Emperors hear the truth, that his fleet suffers more in a night than ours in one year."

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"Let me alone: I have yet my legs and one arm. Tell the surgeon to make haste and his instruments. I know I must lose my right arm, so the sooner it's off the better."

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