Citas de Horatio Nelson

• Caballeros, cuando el enemigo está empeñado en un error no debemos interrumpirlo demasiado pronto.

  Horacio Nelson

  Mistake, Gentleman, Enemy

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• I am of the opinion that the boldest measures are the safest.

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  Opinión

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

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  Victory And Defeat, Differences, Minutes

  "Jessie Peabody. Sea Fighters from Drake to Farragut". Book by Jessie Peabody Frothingham, 1902.

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• Inglaterra espera que cada hombre cumpla con su deber.

  Horacio Nelson

  War, Men, England

  Horatio Nelson, Nicholas Harris Nicolas (2011). “The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson”, p.149, Cambridge University Press

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• I owe all my success in life to having been always a quarter of an hour before my time.

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  Change, Success In Life, Punctuality

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• En primer lugar, debes obedecer siempre implícitamente las órdenes, sin intentar formarte una opinión propia sobre su conveniencia. En segundo lugar, debes considerar enemigo a todo aquel que hable mal de tu rey; y en tercer lugar, debes odiar a un francés como al diablo.

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  Reyes, Odio, Hombres

  Horatio Nelson's advice to his Midshipmen (1793) as quoted in "Memoirs of the Life of Vice-Admiral, Lord Viscount Nelson, K.B., Duke of Bronte, Etc., Etc., Etc, Volume 2" edited by Thomas Joseph Pettigrew (p. 580), 1849.

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• Ningún capitán puede hacer mucho mal si coloca su barco junto al del enemigo.

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  Courage, War, Enemy

  Horatio Nelson, Nicholas Harris Nicolas (2011). “The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson”, p.91, Cambridge University Press

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• In Sea affairs, nothing is impossible, and nothing is improbable.

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  Sea, Impossible, Affair

  Horatio Nelson (1846). “The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson”, p.133

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• A fleet of British ships at war are the best negotiators.

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  War, Ships, British

  1801 Letter to Lady Hamilton, Mar, before the Battle of Copenhagen.

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• Los asuntos desesperados requieren medidas desesperadas.

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  Desperate Measures, Affair, Horatio

  "The Book of Military Quotations". Book by Peter G. Tsouras (p. 54), 1992.

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• No podría recorrer estos peligrosos caminos con seguridad si no mantuviera un sentido del humor salvador.

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  Humor, Safety, Saving

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• Recollect that you must be a seaman to be an officer and also that you cannot be a good officer without being a gentleman.

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  Gentleman, Officers, Seamen

  Horatio Nelson (1846). “The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson”, p.214

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

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  Inspirational, War, Victory

  Horatio Nelson's remark before the battle of the Nile, August 1, 1797.

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• Close with a Frenchman, but out-maneuver a Russian.

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  Naval, Frenchmen, Maritime

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• The bravest man feels an anxiety 'circa praecordia' as he enters the battle; but he dreads disgrace yet more.

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  Men, Anxiety, Battle

  Attributed to Locker's Greenwich Gallery article "Torrington" in Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan "The Life of Nelson, Volume 2: The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain" (p. 52), 1897.

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• To do nothing was disgraceful; therefore I made use of my understanding.

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  War, Understanding, Use

  Horatio Nelson, Nicholas Harris Nicolas (2011). “The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson”, p.41, Cambridge University Press

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• I cannot command winds and weather.

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  Wind, Weather, Horatio

  Horatio Nelson, Nicholas Harris Nicolas (2011). “The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson”, p.61, Cambridge University Press

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• You must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your King, and you must treat every Frenchman as if he were the Devil himself.

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  Reyes, Guerra, Hombres

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• Treat every Frenchman as if he was the devil himself.

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  Devil, Treats, Frenchmen

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• The politics of courts are so mean that private people would be ashamed to act in the same way; all is trick and finesse, to which the common cause is sacrificed.

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  Mean, People, Would Be

  Horatio Nelson, Nicholas Harris Nicolas (2011). “The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson”, p.88, Cambridge University Press

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• What the country needs is the annihilation of the enemy.

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  País, Guerra, Enemigo

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• Thank God I have done my duty. Drink, drink. Fan, fan. Rub, rub. Kiss me, Hardy.

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  Kissing, Thank God, Fans

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• El deber es el gran asunto de un oficial de mar; todas las consideraciones privadas deben ceder ante él, por doloroso que sea.

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  Pain, War, Sea

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• I will dine nowhere without your consent although with my present feelings I might be trusted with fifty virgins naked in a dark room.

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  Love, Dark, Feelings

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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.

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  Trust, Opportunity, Justice

  Horatio Nelson, Nicholas Harris Nicolas (2011). “The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson”, p.149, Cambridge University Press

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