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What we learn from History is that no one learns from History
Otto von Bismarck
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Otto von Bismarck
Age: 83 †
Born: 1815
Born: April 1
Died: 1898
Died: July 30
Diplomat
Jurist
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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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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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Let us put Germany, so to speak, in the saddle! you will see that she can ride.
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Politics is not an exact science.
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I have never lived on principles. When I have had to act, I never first asked myself on what principles I was going to act, but I went at it and did what I thought fit. I have often reproached myself for my want of principle.
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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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History is simply a piece of paper covered with print: the main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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Let them stew in their own grease (or juice).
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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others.
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One can put some trust in the gratitude of a sovereign, and also in that of his family under certain conditions, one can even rely upon it but one can never expect anything from the gratitude of a nation.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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I have only one ambition left: I should like to have a good epitaph.
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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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You can do anything with children if you only play with them.
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