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I have only one ambition left: I should like to have a good epitaph.
Otto von Bismarck
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Otto von Bismarck
Age: 83 †
Born: 1815
Born: April 1
Died: 1898
Died: July 30
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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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With bad laws and good civil servants it's still possible to govern. But with bad civil servants even the best laws can't help.
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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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Show me an objective worthy of war and I will go along with you.
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Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
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We are better off not knowing how sausages and laws are made.
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Even the most favorable outcome of the war will never lead to the decomposition of the main forces of Russia, which is based on millions of Russian ... The latter, even if they break up international treaties, just as quickly re-connect with each other, like pieces of a particle of mercury.
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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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What we learn from History is that no one learns from History
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The luxury of one's own opinion.
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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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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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If you like laws and sausages, you should never watch either one being made.
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Fools you are. To say you learn by your experience. I prefer to profit by others' mistakes and avoid the price of my own.
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I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.
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There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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Vanity is a mortgage that must be deducted from the value of a man.
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God has a special providence for fools, drunks, and the United States of America.
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There are two things civilized Man should never see being made: Sausages and Laws.
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