Quotes by Horatio Nelson

Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way...

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Desperate affairs require desperate measures.

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Buonaparte has often made his boast that our fleet would be worn out by keeping...

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Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat.

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Our country will, I believe, sooner forgive an officer for attacking an enemy than for...

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Now I can do no more. We must trust to the Great Disposer of all...

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No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the...

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Never break the neutrality of a port or place, but never consider as neutral any...

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My greatest happiness is to serve my gracious King and Country and I am envious...

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My character and good name are in my own keeping. Life with disgrace is dreadful....

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Something must be left to chance; nothing is certain in a sea fight

#Chance