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When I am without orders and unexpected occurrences arrive I shall always act as I think the honour and glory of my King and Country demand. But in case signals can neither be seen or perfectly understood, no captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy.
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In honour I gained them, and in honour I will die with them.
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The Neapolitan officers did not lose much honour, for God knows they had not much to lose - but they lost all they had.
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Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
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Born:
September 29, 1758
Died:
October 21, 1805
(aged 47)
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