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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



Biography
Author Profession: Soldier
Nationality: British
Born: September 29, 1758
Died: October 21, 1805

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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

In honour I gained them, and in honour I will die with them.
Horatio Nelson

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

I cannot command winds and weather.
Horatio Nelson

Firstly you must always implicitly obey orders, without attempting to form any opinion of your own regarding their propriety. Secondly, you must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your king; and thirdly you must hate a Frenchman as you hate the devil.
Horatio Nelson

England expects that every man will do his duty.
Horatio Nelson

Desperate affairs require desperate measures.
Horatio Nelson

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Words
Could, Did, Humor, Keep, Paths, Perilous, Safety, Saving, Sense, Sense Of Humor, These, Tread
Definitions
Could, Did, Humor, Keep, Paths, Perilous, Safety, Saving, Sense, These, Tread
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