“My greatest happiness is to serve my gracious King and Country and I am envious only of glory; for if it be a sin to covet glory I am the most offending soul alive.”
— Horatio Nelson
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“Now I can do no more. We must trust to the Great Disposer of all events and the justice of our cause. I thank God for this opportunity of doing my duty.”
— Horatio Nelson
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“Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be.”
— Horatio Nelson
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“Buonaparte has often made his boast that our fleet would be worn out by keeping the sea and that his was kept in order and increasing by staying in port; but know he finds, I fancy, if Emperors hear the truth, that his fleet suffers more in a night than ours in one year.”
— Horatio Nelson
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“I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor.”
— Horatio Nelson
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“First gain the victory and then make the best use of it you can.”
— Horatio Nelson
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“Our country will, I believe, sooner forgive an officer for attacking an enemy than for letting it alone.”
— Horatio Nelson
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“Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be.”
— Horatio Nelson
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Category: great
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