Thread: Winning.
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Old 10-04-2004, 02:27 PM   #26
Beholder
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Re: Winning.

For what it's worth, Wellington, on surveying the wretched state of his troops after winning the battle of Waterloo, is attributed with saying:

"Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle won."

After Waterloo he was made Commander in Chief, but he chose the role of a diplomat rather than a general, and never fought again. Interesting, na?
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