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Vanity is a mortgage that must be deducted from the value of a man.
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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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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This policy cannot succeed through speeches, and shooting-matches, and songs it can only be carried out through blood and iron.
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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.
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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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The luxury of one's own opinion.
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Show me an objective worthy of war and I will go along with you.
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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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The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.
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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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Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.
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There are two things you don't want to see being made - sausage and legislation.
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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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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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People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.
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The Balkans arent worth the life of a single Pomeranian grenadier.
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There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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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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To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making.
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We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
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