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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
Otto von Bismarck
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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
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Cavalry
Caution
Large
Liberty
Freedom
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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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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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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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We are better off not knowing how sausages and laws are made.
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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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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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You can do anything with children if you only play with them.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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They treat me like a fox, a cunning fellow (Schlaukopf) of the first rank. But the truth is that with a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and when I have to do with a pirate, I try to be a pirate and a half.
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Vanity is a mortgage that must be deducted from the value of a man.
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Show me an objective worthy of war and I will go along with you.
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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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