Horatio Nelson quotes - page 2

I have only one eye, I have a right to be blind sometimes... I really do not see the signal! (Horatio Nelson)
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. View quote
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...When he was on the eve of departure for one of his great expeditions the coachmaker said to him, "The carriage shall be at the door punctually at six o clock"; "A quarter before," said Nelson. "I have always been a quarter of an hour before my time and it has made a man of me." View quote
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I am Lord Nelson. See, here's my fin. View quote
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Success, I trust - indeed have little doubt - will crown our zealous and well-meant endeavours: if not, our Country will, I believe, sooner forgive an Officer for attacking his Enemy than for letting it alone. View quote
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I am myself a Norfolk man. View quote
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Drink, drink. Fan, fan. Rub, rub. View quote
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There are three things, young gentlemen, which you are constantly to bear in mind. Firstly, you must always implicitly obey orders, without attempting to form any opinion of your own respecting 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 do the devil. View quote
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May the Great God, whom I worship, grant to my Country and for the benefit of Europe in general a great and glorious victory; and may no misconduct in anyone tarnish it; and may humanity after Victory be the predominant feature of the British fleet. For myself, individually, I commit my life to Him who made me, and may His blessing light upon my endeavours for serving my Country faithfully. To Him I resign myself and the just cause which is entrusted to me to defend. Amen. Amen. Amen. View quote
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The measure may be thought bold, but I am of the opinion the boldest are the safest. View quote
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The Neapolitan officers did not lose much honour, for God knows they had not much to lose - but they lost all they had. (Horatio Nelson)
I had rather suffer death than alarm Mrs. Freemantle, by letting her see me in this state, when I can give her no tidings whatever of her husband. View quote
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To leave off action"? Well, damn me if I do! You know, Foley, I have only one eye,- I have a right to be blind sometimes . . . I really do not see the signal! View quote
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Bonaparte has often made his boast, that our fleet would be worn out by keeping the sea, that his was kept in order, and increasing, by staying in port; but he now finds, I fancy, if emperors hear truth, that his fleet suffers more in a night, than ours in one year; however, thank God, the Toulon fleet is got in order again, and I hear the troops embarked, and I hope they will come out to sea in fine weather. View quote
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Before this time to-morrow I shall have gained a peerage, or Westminster Abbey. View quote
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This is too warm work, Hardy, to last long. View quote
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There is in the handling of these Transatlantic ships a nucleus of trouble for the Navy of Great Britain. View quote
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Victory or Westminster Abbey. View quote
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Our country will, I believe, sooner forgive an officer for attacking an enemy than for letting it alone. View quote
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When I am without orders and unexpected occurrences arrive I shall always act as I think the honour and glory of my King and Country demand. But in case signals can neither be seen or perfectly understood, no captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy.[citation needed]. View quote
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I owe all my success in life to having been always a quarter of an hour before my time. (Horatio Nelson)
Treat every Frenchman as if he was the devil himself. View quote
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Wherever there is anything to be done, there Providence is sure to direct my steps. View quote
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I cannot, if I am in the field for glory, be kept out of sight. View quote
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When I came to explain to them the 'Nelson Touch', it was like an electric shock. Some shed tears, all approved - 'It was new - it was singular - it was simple'. View quote
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