Quote by Horatio Nelson
First gain the victory and then make the best use of it you can. -

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

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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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Truth
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Now I can do no more. We must trust to the Great Disposer of all events and the justice of our cause. I thank God for this opportunity of doing my duty. – Horatio Nelson

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Trust
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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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To look and feel my best, I watch my calories and exercise. – Kim Kardashian

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Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer. – Robert Louis Stevenson

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Like anything else that happens on its own, the act of writing is beyond currency. Money is great stuff to have, but when it comes to the act of creation, the best thing is not to think of money too much. It constipates the whole process. – Stephen King

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Most of the things we decide are not what we know to be the best. We say yes, merely because we are driven into a corner and must say something. – Frank Crane

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