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Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson

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

Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson

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Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson

Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be.

Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson

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Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson

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

Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson

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Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson

Treat every Frenchman as if he was the devil himself.

Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson

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Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson

Gentlemen, when the enemy is committed to a mistake we must not interrupt him too soon.

Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson

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Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson

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.

Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson

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Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson

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

Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson