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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.

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
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Otto von Bismarck-Schönhausen
Prince Bismarck
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Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck-Schönhausen Fürst von Bismarck
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