It's mad. It's all madness. They know what they're doing.
5 seconds sound clip from the Waterloo (1970) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:51:35.390 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- We will beat Napoleon next time!
- Blucher will win! We will go forward! Blucher will turn defeat into victory!
- Old Blucher. Damned good licking and rolled eighteen miles back.
- I suppose in England they'll say we've been licked.
- It's mad. It's all madness. They know what they're doing.
- Look, I keep asking you. If Bony kicked the Prussians in the arse, why are we doing all the running?
- A retreating army is hardly ever in love with its commander.
- A few shots from the French and they'll be themselves again.
- Ah, damn forward fellows with a bayonet.
- Meat and eggs from the cradle up, and a lemon a month.
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