Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained.

- Duke of Wellington

Publish and be dammed.

- Duke of Wellington

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

- Duke of Wellington

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

Our army is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth.

- Duke of Wellington

An extraordinary affair. I gave them their orders and they wanted to stay and discuss them.

- Duke of Wellington

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