Monday 15 July 2013

Publish and be damned

“Publish and be damned!” was the Duke of Wellington’s famous retort to a former mistress’s blackmail attempt by publishing his love letters and declaring their affair to the world.

A lesser man than the iron duke would have no doubt quietly acquiesced and paid the money.

From http://www.bmj.com/content/337/bmj.a1644

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