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Horatio Nelson

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


— Horatio Nelson


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Aft the more honour, forward the better man


— Horatio Nelson


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Desperate affairs require desperate measures.


— Horatio Nelson


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I cannot command winds and weather.


— Horatio Nelson


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If I had been censured every time I have run my ship, or fleets under my command, into great danger, I should have long ago been out of the Service and never in the House of Peers.


— Horatio Nelson


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


— Horatio Nelson


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


— Horatio Nelson


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


— Horatio Nelson


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


— Horatio Nelson


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I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor.


— Horatio Nelson


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