Re: Great Quote

On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Brian Bilderback wrote:

> Or how about this one (The Englishmen out there may crucify me if I 
> misquote.):
> 
> "Next to a battle lost, I think the most terrible thing in the world
is a 
> battle lost."
>			       - Wellington

Version I heard/half-remember was "The only thing more terrible than a
battle lost is a battle won."

Supposed to be said as he looked over the wreckage of Waterloo...

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> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "Anthony Leibrick" <a.leibrick@virgin.net>
> Reply-To: gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
> To: <gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
> Subject: Re: Great Quote
> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 23:44:00 -0000
> 
> Talking of quotes  etc, I've always liked IIRC
> "Beyond this line we face the alien stars.
> They may not lay their laws or dominions on what is ours.
> For none but man stands here."
>   - Gordon R Dickson	(None But Man)
> 
> Tony
> 
> "At the age of four with paper hats
> and wooden swords we're all Generals.
> Only some of us never grow out of it".
>   - Peter Ustinov
> 
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