Quote by Horatio Nelson
Buonaparte has often made his boast that our fleet would be worn o

Buonaparte has often made his boast that our fleet would be worn out by keeping the sea and that his was kept in order and increasing by staying in port but know he finds, I fancy, if Emperors hear the truth, that his fleet suffers more in a night than ours in one year. – 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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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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Let me alone: I have yet my legs and one arm. Tell the surgeon to make haste and his instruments. I know I must lose my right arm, so the sooner its off the better. – Horatio Nelson

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