Great Throughts Treasury
This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson
British Admiral, Lord Nelson's full title, at the time of his death, was Vice Admiral of the White The Right Honourable Horatio, Viscount Nelson, Knight of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath.
"I owe all my success in life to having been always a quarter of an hour beforehand."
"Desperate affairs require desperate measures. "
"If a man consults whether he is to fight, when he has the power in his own hands, it is certain that his opinion is against fighting."
"Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat. "