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Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others.
Otto von Bismarck
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Otto von Bismarck
Age: 83 †
Born: 1815
Born: April 1
Died: 1898
Died: July 30
Diplomat
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Otto Eduard Leopold
Prince of Bismarck
Duke of Lauenburg
Iron Chancellor
Otto von Bismarck-Schönhausen
Prince Bismarck
Bismarck
Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck-Schönhausen Fürst von Bismarck
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Politics is no exact science.
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Do not expect that once taking advantage of Russia's weakness, you will receive dividends forever. Russian has always come for their money. And when they come - do not rely on an agreement signed by you, you are supposed to justify. They are not worth the paper it is written. Therefore, with the Russian is to play fair, or do not play.
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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They treat me like a fox, a cunning fellow (Schlaukopf) of the first rank. But the truth is that with a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and when I have to do with a pirate, I try to be a pirate and a half.
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One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans (1888).
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In England the more horses a nobleman has, the more popular he is. So long as the English are devoted to racing, Socialism has no chance with you.
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We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
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A bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.
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A Bavarian is half-way between an Austrian and a human being.
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There are two things civilized Man should never see being made: Sausages and Laws.
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The less people know about how sausages and laws are made, the better they'll sleep at night
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Not even the King himself has the right to subordinate the interests of his country to his own feelings of love or hatred towards strangers he is, however, responsible towards God and not to me if he does so, and therefore on this point I am silent.
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We are better off not knowing how sausages and laws are made.
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This policy cannot succeed through speeches, and shooting-matches, and songs it can only be carried out through blood and iron.
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You can do anything with children if you only play with them.
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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.
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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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