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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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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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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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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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A Bavarian is half-way between an Austrian and a human being.
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The Catholic priest, from the moment he becomes a priest, is a sworn officer of the pope.
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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others.
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Politics is not an exact science.
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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making.
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There are two things you don't want to see being made - sausage and legislation.
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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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There is only one greater folly than that of the fool who says in his heart there is no God, and that is the folly of the people that says with its head that it does not know whether there is a God or not.
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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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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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Let them stew in their own grease (or juice).
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Our German forefathers had a very kind religion. They believed that, after death, they would meet again all the good dogs that had been their companions in life. I wish I could believe that too.
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We live in a wondrous time in which the strong is weak because of his moral scruples and the weak grows strong because of his audacity.
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