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Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo. Shovel them under and let me work— I am the grass; I cover all.

+Fav | Go to Quote / Comment | Carl Sandburg |

Probably the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing-fields of Eton, but the opening battles of all subsequent wars have been lost there.

+Fav | Go to Quote / Comment | George Orwell |

The city overwhelmed our expectations. The Kiplingesque grandeur of Waterloo Station, the Eliotic despondency of the brick row in Chelsea

+Fav | Go to Quote / Comment | John Updike |

History is powerful stuff. One day your world is fine. The next day it's knocked for a metaphysical loop. Was Napoleon really at Waterloo Would that change what I had for breakfast

+Fav | Go to Quote / Comment | Henry Bromel |

The loss of the battle of Waterloo was the salvation of France

+Fav | Go to Quote / Comment | Thomas Jefferson |