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Business May British Duty Navy

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

- Horatio Nelson

Other quotes by Horatio Nelson


Time

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
Defeat Time

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

- Horatio Nelson
Duty Trust God Now

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

Desperate affairs require desperate measures.

- Horatio Nelson
Mistake

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

- Horatio Nelson
Victory First

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

- Horatio Nelson

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