Horatio Nelson quotes

" Gentlemen, when the enemy is committed to a mistake we must not interrupt him too soon. " # Mistakes # Enemies # Commitment

" Desperate affairs require desperate measures. " # Quotations

" Desperate affairs require desperate remedies. " # Desperation

" Let the country mourn their hero; I grieve for the loss of the most fascinating companion I ever conversed with— the greatest and most simple of men— one of the nicest and most innocent— interesting beyond all, on shore, in public and even in private life. Men are not always themselves and put on their behaviour with their clothes, but if you live with a man on board a ship for years; if you are continually with him in his cabin, your mind will soon find out how to appreciate him. I could for ever tell you the qualities of this beloved man. I have not shed a tear for years before the 21st of October and since, whenever alone, I am quite like a child. " # Heroes and Heroism # Love # Happiness

" Firstly you must always implicitly obey orders, without attempting to form any opinion of your own regarding their propriety. Secondly, you must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your king; and thirdly you must hate a Frenchman as you hate the devil. " # School # Opinions # Kings

" Our country will, I believe, sooner forgive an officer for attacking an enemy than for letting it alone. " # Forgiveness # Politicians and Politics # Enemies

" My character and good name are in my own keeping. Life with disgrace is dreadful. A glorious death is to be envied. " # Death and Dying # Character # Life and Living

" Let me alone: I have yet my legs and one arm. Tell the surgeon to make haste and his instruments. I know I must lose my right arm, so the sooner it's off the better. " # Doctors # Life and Living # Truth

" First gain the victory and then make the best use of it you can. " # Victory

" Before this time to-morrow I shall have gained a peerage, or Westminister Abbey. " # Aristocracy