Next to a battle lost, the saddest thing is a battle won.

— Duke Of Wellington (Christopher Plummer)

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6 seconds sound clip from the Waterloo (1970) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 02:07:42.427 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- His Grace, the Duke of Wellington, invites you to save your lives. Will you agree to surrender?

(CANNON FIRE) (3)

- Why do we? Why? Why?

- Next to a battle lost, the saddest thing is a battle won.

- You must leave this place of dead flesh.

- They will chain you, like Prometheus, to a rock... where the memory of your own greatness will gnaw you.

[...]

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