| Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 Seiten
...you do; that's what I called 'guessing what was at the other side of the hill'. 12361 Nothing except d The mother of mank 12362 Ours [our armyl is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth. 12363 (replying... | |
| Sandra Martin, Roger Hall - 2000 - 190 Seiten
...they want peace, nations should avoid the pinpricks that precede cannon shots." 3. "Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won." 4. "In peace, sons bury their fathers; in war, fathers bury their sons." 5. "There is many a boy here... | |
| James Charlton - 2002 - 204 Seiten
...call itself the victor, there are no winners but all are losers. NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won. ARTHUR WELLESLEY, DUKE OF WELLINGTON To win, we must have leaders and commanders with fire in their... | |
| Rick Atkinson - 2002 - 748 Seiten
...total war. That Eisenhower felt dispirited simply affirmed Wellington's maxim that "nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won." To Marshall, he wrote: "I realize that the seeds of discord between ourselves and our British allies... | |
| 1916 - 854 Seiten
...is it? The best way to be deceived is to think oneself more knowing than others. • Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won. — Wellington. The sunny walks of life lead much farther than the stormy paths. F'aradise regained... | |
| 1899 - 806 Seiten
...though, it small appear; Small sands the mountain, moments make the year. — Young. Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won. — Duke of Wellington. Search for truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication a duty.... | |
| Hugh McLeave - 2003 - 236 Seiten
...and glittering medals and reflected war's grimmer side; he painted the man who wrote, "Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won." Wellington gave the portrait to his sister-in-law, the marchioness Wellesley, who left it to her sister,... | |
| 630 Seiten
...knew from experience whereof he spoke, depreciated victory with the bitter opinion: "Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won." It is unnecessary to remind this audience that in our Civil War generals were not considered sacrosanct... | |
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