Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Quotes
I hate the whole race. There is no believing a word they say, your professional poets, I mean there never existed a more worthless set than Byron and his friends for example.
Citations
Stanhope, Philip Henry. Notes of Conversations with the Duke of Wellington, 1831-1851. John Murray, 1888, p. 143.
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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS was an Anglo-Irish soldier and Tory statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain, serving twice as prime minister. He ended the Napoleonic Wars when he defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.