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| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. |
| NUMBER: | 1185 |
| AUTHOR: | Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769–1852) |
| QUOTATION: | To know when to retreat; and to dare to do it. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | ARTHUR WELLESLEY, DUKE OF WELLINGTON, when asked the best test of a great general.—Sir William Fraser, Words on Wellington, p. 37 (1889). |
| SUBJECTS: | Military affairs |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia |
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