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All the business of war, and i...

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'.

Arthur Wellington 93 quotes

Rashness is oftener the resort...

Rashness is oftener the resort of cowardice than of courage.

Arthur Wellington 93 quotes

An extraordinary affair. I gav...

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

Arthur Wellington 93 quotes

Call on a business man only at...

Call on a business man only at business times, and on business; transact your business, and go about your business, in order to give him time to finish his business.

Arthur Wellington 93 quotes

My heart is broken by the terr...

My heart is broken by the terrible loss I have sustained in my old friends and companions and my poor soldiers. Believe me, nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.

Arthur Wellington 93 quotes

As a member of the Protestant ...

As a member of the Protestant British squirearchy ruling Ireland, he was touchy about his Irish origins. When in later life an enthusiastic Gael commended him as a famous Irishman, he replied 'A man can be born in a stable, and yet not be an animal.

Arthur Wellington 93 quotes

If you believe that you will b...

If you believe that you will believe anything.

Arthur Wellington 93 quotes

When the difficulty of a probl...

When the difficulty of a problem lies only in finding out what follows from certain fixed premises, mathematical methods furnish invaluable wings for flying over intermediate obstructions.

Arthur Wellington 93 quotes

Great triumphs of engineering ...

Great triumphs of engineering genius-the locomotive, the truss bridge, the steel rail- ... are rather invention than engineering proper.

Arthur Wellington 93 quotes

The history of a battle, is no...

The history of a battle, is not unlike the history of a ball. Some individuals may recollect all the little events of which the great result is the battle won or lost, but no individual can recollect the order in which, or the exact moment at which, they occurred, which makes all the difference as to their value or importance. ..

Arthur Wellington 93 quotes

Error is ever the sequence of ...

Error is ever the sequence of haste.

Arthur Wellington 93 quotes

What masks are these uniforms ...

What masks are these uniforms to hide cowards!

Arthur Wellington 93 quotes

Troops would never be deficien...

Troops would never be deficient in courage, if they could only know how deficient in it their enemies were.

Arthur Wellington 93 quotes

Extra interest signifies extra...

Extra interest signifies extra risk.

Arthur Wellington 93 quotes

A great country can have no su...

A great country can have no such thing as a little war.

Arthur Wellington 93 quotes

The scum of the earth... but w...

The scum of the earth... but what fine soldiers we have made them.

Arthur Wellington 93 quotes

Napoleon has humbugged me, by ...

Napoleon has humbugged me, by God; he has gained twenty-four hours' march on me.

Arthur Wellington 93 quotes

Just to show you how little re...

Just to show you how little reliance can be placed even on what are supposed the best accounts of a battle, I mention that there are some circumstances mentioned in General -'s account which did not occur as he relates them. It is impossible to say when each important occurrence took place, or in what order.

Arthur Wellington 93 quotes

I am not only not prepared to ...

I am not only not prepared to bring forward any measure of this nature, but I will at once declare that, as far as I am concerned, as long as I hold any station in the Government of the country, I shall always feel it my duty to resist such measures when proposed by others.

Arthur Wellington 93 quotes

You must build your House of P...

You must build your House of Parliament on the river: so... that the populace cannot exact their demands by sitting down round you.

Arthur Wellington 93 quotes

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....