There is no way of dealing with the Frenchman but to knock him down - to be civil to them is to be laughed at. Why they are enemies!
Lord Nelson-11 Jan 1798 after surrender of Capua.
Re: 18th Century military quotes, what can you find?!
There is no way of dealing with the Frenchman but to knock him down - to be civil to them is to be laughed at. Why they are enemies!
Lord Nelson-11 Jan 1798 after surrender of Capua.
Education: that which reveals to the wise,
and conceals from the stupid,
the vast limits of their knowledge.
Mark Twain
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