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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.
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
Fool
Mistake
Learn
Fools
Experience
Prefer
Others
Price
Avoid
Profit
Mistakes
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