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Let them stew in their own grease (or juice).
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
Grease
Juice
Punishment
Stew
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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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I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.
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Life has taught me to forgive much, but to seek forgiveness still more.
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Politics are not a science based on logic they are the capacity of always choosing at each instant, in constantly changing situations, the least harmful, the most useful.
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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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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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A Bavarian is half-way between an Austrian and a human being.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others.
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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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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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If you like laws and sausages, you should never watch either one being made.
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We are better off not knowing how sausages and laws are made.
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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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I have only one ambition left: I should like to have a good epitaph.
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I do not regard the procuring of peace as a matter in which we should play the role of arbiter between different opinions ... more that of an honest broker who really wants to press the business forward.
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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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