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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 'guessing what was at the other side of the hill'.

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

The French system of conscription brings together a fair sample of all classes; ours is composed of the scum of the earth — the mere scum of the earth. It is only wonderful that we should be able to make so much out of them afterwards.

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Hard pounding this, gentlemen; let's see who will pound longest.

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

We always have been, we are, and I hope that we always shall be, detested in France.

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Explaining why he couldn't be considered Irish:

Because a man is born in a stable, that does not make him a horse.

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

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Born: May 1, 1769

Died: September 14, 1852 (aged 83)

Bio: Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain.

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