A Quote by Duke of Wellington

The hardest thing of all for a soldier is to retreat.

Duke of Wellington

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Duke of Wellington
British - Public Servant
May 1, 1769 - September 14, 1852

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Jim Breuer

I, Philip Kearny, an old soldier, enter my solemn protest against this order for retreat.

Philip Kearny

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Austin Carlile

I think the hardest thing is losing weight. That's the hardest thing more than anything else.

Aretha Franklin

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Diego Simeone

You know that thing people say, 'poetry is the hardest, stories are the second hardest, novels are the easiest?' I'm here to tell you that novels are the hardest. Writing a novel is unbelievably difficult. It's nightmarish.

Ethan Canin

No retreat. No retreat. They must conquer or die who've no retreat.

John Gay

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David Bryan

The soldier's heart, the soldier's spirit, the soldier's soul, are everything. Unless the soldier's soul sustains him he cannot be relied on and will fail himself and his commander and his country in the end.

George C. Marshall

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John Calipari

The hardest thing is to get started, but the really hardest thing is to finish.

Yogi Berra

You know, you don't retreat in the defense of freedom. You don't retreat in the defense of moral government and limited government. You don't retreat because people are going to defend bad things.

Russell Pearce

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