John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
4883 Arthur Wellesley
| NUMBER: | 4883 |
| AUTHOR: | Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1769–1852) |
| QUOTATION: | Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Despatch, 1815. |