Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
I have only one ambition left: I should like to have a good epitaph.
Otto von Bismarck
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
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
Left
Good
Like
Epitaph
Sarcasm
Sarcastic
Ambition
Funny
More quotes by Otto von Bismarck
The Catholic priest, from the moment he becomes a priest, is a sworn officer of the pope.
Otto von Bismarck
There are two things civilized Man should never see being made: Sausages and Laws.
Otto von Bismarck
This policy cannot succeed through speeches, and shooting-matches, and songs it can only be carried out through blood and iron.
Otto von Bismarck
Life has taught me to forgive much, but to seek forgiveness still more.
Otto von Bismarck
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.
Otto von Bismarck
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.
Otto von Bismarck
The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
Otto von Bismarck
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.
Otto von Bismarck
The Balkans arent worth the life of a single Pomeranian grenadier.
Otto von Bismarck
We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
Otto von Bismarck
An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
Otto von Bismarck
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.
Otto von Bismarck
Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others.
Otto von Bismarck
Hounds follow those who feed them.
Otto von Bismarck
Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.
Otto von Bismarck
The luxury of one's own opinion.
Otto von Bismarck
A bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.
Otto von Bismarck
God has a special providence for fools, drunks, and the United States of America.
Otto von Bismarck
A Bavarian is half-way between an Austrian and a human being.
Otto von Bismarck
Politics is not an exact science.
Otto von Bismarck
