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Never interrupt your enemy when he's making a mistake. That's bad manners, eh?

— Napoleon Bonaparte (Rod Steiger)

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

You can hear this line at 00:52:51.956 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- I like the cut of your men.

- Ah, damn forward fellows with a bayonet.

- Meat and eggs from the cradle up, and a lemon a month.

- All from my own acres. I've bred 'em myself.

- Some there could call me something more than Colonel, eh?

- Indeed.

- That must be the whole army.

- They're still positioning, Sire.

- Never interrupt your enemy when he's making a mistake. That's bad manners, eh?

- Now, it's a bad position. That wood behind us is unsound. If they push us back it'll be like a wall. The whole army will be cut to pieces.

- There is no undergrowth in that wood. You can drive a battery of nine pounders. A whole army can slip through it like rain through a grate.

- It's suicidal, if you want to know.

- It may surprise you to know that I saw this ground a year ago. And I've kept it in my pocket.

- Obviously, he's no student of Caesar. He's positioned himself badly. He has the trees at his back.

[...]

Waterloo (1970) Sound Clip

Waterloo (1970)posterListen to memorable quotes from the classic 1970 movie Waterloo (1970).

Actors: Rod Steiger (Napoleon Bonaparte), Christopher Plummer (Duke of Wellington), Orson Welles (King Louis XVIII)

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