Duke of Wellington

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

Being born in a stable does not make one a horse.

The only thing I am afraid of is fear.

I hate the whole race. There is no believing a word they say, your professional poets, I mean there never existed a more worthless set than Byron and his friends for example.

It is not the business of generals to shoot one another.

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'.

The whole art of war consists of guessing at what is on the other side of the hill.

The Lord's prayer contains the sum total of religion and morals.

Habit is ten times nature.

When one turns over in bed, it is time to turn out.