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You can do anything with children if you only play with them.

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Otto von Bismarck
Age: 83 †
Born: 1815
Born: April 1
Died: 1898
Died: July 30
Diplomat
Jurist
Politician
Statesman
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
Anything
Play
Children

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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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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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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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A Bavarian is half-way between an Austrian and a human being.
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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 conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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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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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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Let us put Germany, so to speak, in the saddle! you will see that she can ride.
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We are better off not knowing how sausages and laws are made.
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With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
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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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